Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 19:07
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 577 76% 573 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 171 Parallax 172 141% 172 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 153 Splatting 110 119% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$35 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 117GB free Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1197 757 781 853 805 756 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1533 Mixed 1,419 SusWrite 858 310% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 75.6 282% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,652 DQ Write 1,558 DQ Mixed 1,410 1,112% 1,540 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 284%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 31GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 129 126 129 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 381 Write 151 Mixed 199 SusWrite 131 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.1 166% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 124 104% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 47GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 146 147 149 146 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 480 Mixed 379 SusWrite 179 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 64.6 224% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 63 65 77 84 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 93.6 SusWrite 68.1 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 76%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 129 131 137 137 135 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 131 Write 125 Mixed 111 SusWrite 134 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.9 MC Mixed 33.1 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.8 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,717x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,444x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	326x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16