Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	307% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '20 at 14:30
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	100%

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 i5-7400-$90 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 397 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 6150) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 450.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 35.8 Reflection 26.1 Parallax 32.7 29% 31.5 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1498 1649 1583 1625 1588 1562 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,396 Write 2,075 Mixed 610 SusWrite 1,584 372% 1,666 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 63.3 214% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,271 DQ Write 915 DQ Mixed 1,138 838% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 393%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 263GB free Firmware: 3B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1422 1422 1425 1424 1424 1423 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,901 Write 1,411 Mixed 777 SusWrite 1,423 308% 1,378 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.2 190% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,261 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 448 431% 704 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 283%
Seagate ST3320813AS 320GB 4,058 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 159GB free Firmware: HP14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 94.1 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 99.2 63% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 40.9 Write 38.8 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 36.7 48% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP CT4G4DFS8213.C8FADP Kingston 9905678-024.A00G Kingston 9905678-024.A00G 16GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.3 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 13.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 93%

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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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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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