Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '19 at 11:40
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 88.2 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 148 66% 108 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 114 22% 150 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 68.2 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 86.7 56% 74.1 fps	MRender 66 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 54.8 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE2512GTTDR 512GB 5,250 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 494 451 418 451 459 442 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 610 Write 1,562 Mixed 286 SusWrite 452 165% 728 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49.1 159% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 662 491% 656 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 290%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: AX0G1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 112 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 108 Write 108 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 112 66% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$65 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 145 145 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 156 Write 151 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 145 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 6GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 26 25 26 14 14 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 26.2 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 21.7 37% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 3.1 222% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.9% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.9 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 82%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,686x
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	240x

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 $132	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