Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	248% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '19 at 21:14
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 782 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 190 Parallax 192 146% 187 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 175 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 285GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1135 1172 684 586 586 586 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,420 Write 1,172 Mixed 619 SusWrite 791 223% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 60.7 234% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 1,035 DQ Write 1,312 DQ Mixed 931 770% 1,093 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 641 629 629 625 596 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,836 Write 1,553 Mixed 766 SusWrite 665 268% 1205 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 67.8 260% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,222 DQ Write 1,212 DQ Mixed 993 808% 1,142 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 254%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 73GB free Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 207 190 172 162 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 406 Write 231 Mixed 280 SusWrite 188 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.8 157% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 164 151% 233 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$75 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 117GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9,083 Write 8,915 Mixed 8,873 2,002% 8,957 MB/s	4K Read 716 4K Write 342 4K Mixed 400 1,778% 486 MB/s	DQ Read 1,666 DQ Write 1,223 DQ Mixed 1,256 990% 1,382 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 383GB free Firmware: CCA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 110 114 113 113 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 76.3 Write 79 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 113 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 162GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 41 40 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 62.8 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 40.5 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX2800C14D4/8GX KHX3000C15D4/8GX KHX2800C14D4/8GX 32GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 30.5 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 31 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 98%

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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	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,440x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16