Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	64.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 01:37
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 227 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 672 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 6520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 116 Parallax 122 100% 120 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 109 Splatting 99 100% 126 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 262 249 193 175 161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 334 Write 268 Mixed 149 SusWrite 216 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 18.1 110% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 50.8 62% 114 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 97GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 450 455 469 471 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 463 Mixed 388 SusWrite 456 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.9 203% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 351 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 256GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 446 255 153 153 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 467 Mixed 392 SusWrite 266 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.2 142% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 299 219% 283 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 195 198 198 199 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 177 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 198 122% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 82%

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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	3,691x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	763x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	159x

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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