Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics10.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive111% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180315
Uptime3.7 Days
Run DateMay 18 '21 at 11:50
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User SVK-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 96.6
1-Core 131
2-Core 262
92% 163 Pts
4-Core 486
8-Core 509
66% 498 Pts
64-Core 510
32% 510 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5770
Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
10.9% Very poor
Lighting 14.7
Reflection 13.8
Parallax 13.3
12% 13.9 fps
MRender 11.3
Gravity 11.7
Splatting 9.6
9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 10.9%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Thnsf5256gpuk TOSHIBA 256GB
70GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 51025KLA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 234 99 87 99 86 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 145
Write 323
Mixed 816
SusWrite 122
81% 352 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 63.5
220% 81.2 MB/s
DQ Read 821
DQ Write 502
DQ Mixed 352
346% 559 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 111%
Great: 133%
Intel SSDSC2KF256H6L 1TB
612GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 477 485 452 442 476 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Read 493
Write 455
Mixed 420
SusWrite 468
103% 459 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 65.1
218% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 362
272% 363 MB/s
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
55.6% Above average
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 19.6
MC Mixed 16.3
53% 18.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 20.7
SC Mixed 17.9
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 51.8
77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 55.6%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,309 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $685
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