Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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.
Boot Drive	50.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 689 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%

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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 193 Parallax 187 140% 184 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 168 Splatting 123 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2480 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12361169964611 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 91 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 16 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 50 214748364843 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5226990798017 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1997 (EA) Unknown 100 100 17055 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4746 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1480 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.7% Above average	Read 499 Write 88.9 Mixed 176 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 0.94 73% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 5.59 41% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 78%
Seagate Expansion+ Desk 4TB 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 178 Mixed 159 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 16GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214046280 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 12890869292 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 571998241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23460 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 77309411361 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 47416438948910 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6223716441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5719050934	66% Good	Read 139 Write 90.8 Mixed 133 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 114%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 466GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 71.9 Write 75.4 Mixed 45.1 80% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 164GB free, PID a207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 94.6 Write 91 Mixed 72.4 108% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 44%
Disk Name 1TB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 131GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 42.5 Mixed 25 45% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 116%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,704x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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