Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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.
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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '20 at 08:35
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 563 75% 560 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 171 Parallax 74.2 125% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 103 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,998 Write 1,415 Mixed 504 286% 1,306 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 51 217% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,055 DQ Write 852 DQ Mixed 649 569% 852 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 42GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 464 474 488 485 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 376 SusWrite 451 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 49 180% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 350 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 111GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 369 370 369 366 366 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 320 Mixed 312 SusWrite 363 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 42.4 168% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 132 156% 273 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 28.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 29.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

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 $95Bench 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	158x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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