Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 01:56
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 285 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 575 75% 565 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 134 Parallax 134 109% 134 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 127 Splatting 96.4 85% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 75 82 76 77 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 117 Write 95.2 Mixed 113 SusWrite 78.4 23% 101 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 20.8 88% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 88.8 DQ Mixed 93.6 73% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 73%
Seagate ST6000VN0041-2EL11C 6TB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 181 181 181 181 182 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 31.7 Write 72.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 176 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 130GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 136 134 104 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 64 SusWrite 129 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 160 176 175 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 23.5 Write 60.5 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 173 52% 72 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 105%
SanDisk Ultra 125GB 1,024 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 104GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 43 31 42 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	9.93% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 15 Mixed 11.2 SusWrite 35.4 27% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 12% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.93% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 16.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 105%

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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%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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