Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.2% 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	79.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	15.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '20 at 16:51
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 219 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 324 41% 310 Pts	64-Core 316 20% 316 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 96.8 93% 111 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 102 Splatting 90.4 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 323 232 230 251 220 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 373 Write 420 Mixed 333 SusWrite 250 78% 344 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 31.9 111% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 320 242% 325 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 61GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 118 122 120 119 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 80.7 Write 73 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 120 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.6 456% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2A2666C16 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	67.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 106%

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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%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 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 $280	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 $490	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