Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '19 at 19:40
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 258 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 724 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.2 82% 101 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 96.2 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c87 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 72 50 45 41 44 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 422 Write 322 Mixed 199 SusWrite 58.4 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 22.4 105% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 14 DQ Mixed 24.7 16% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 101%
TP01000GB 1TB 647 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 739GB free Firmware: 27.0CR.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 78 80 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 82 Write 80 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 78.5 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 96%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 464GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 118 118 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 116 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 118 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 11.1 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 98%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,684x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,434x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	612x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,144x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	807x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	239x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16