Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.8% 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	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1862 x 1048 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 04:35
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 540 72% 537 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 871C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.5 85% 104 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 95.9 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBAT128G1002 128GB 3,654 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2317002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (A6) Unknown 100 100 54 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 106 (A9) Unknown 100 100 111 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 86 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 257698037797 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 800 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6129 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1962 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2169	56.4% Above average	Read 493 Write 175 Mixed 254 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 3.87 84% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 3.79 21% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 69%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 871GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 131076 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 69 (03) Spinup time 128 128 12896633012 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 700 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1439 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3495 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3495 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094838813 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 175 Mixed 179 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.22 97% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 352GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 164 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11748 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3266 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11748 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 68.5 Mixed 69 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FH1 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,717x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,443x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	616x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	869x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	811x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $82Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	325x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16