Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.8% 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	67.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 15:42
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 293 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 554 76% 567 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 140 Parallax 132 102% 133 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 23 100 28 67 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 382 Write 169 Mixed 266 SusWrite 66.8 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 24 129% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 132 129% 199 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 85%
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 111GB free Firmware: V3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 83 64 66 66 65 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 445 Write 268 Mixed 229 SusWrite 101 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 8.6 98% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 82.2 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 13.1 49% 104 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 85%
Kingston SA400S37120G 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 383GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 109 116 116 116 116 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 66%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 109 120 121 119 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 73 SusWrite 118 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2473, 2473, 2473, 2473 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	88% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 26.6 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

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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 $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,805x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,469x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	635x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,168x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	885x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	831x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	380x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	354x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	243x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	783x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	336x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	161x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $802

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