Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 05:43
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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 i3-7350K-$42 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 213 87% 149 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 280 35% 266 Pts	64-Core 289 18% 289 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0517) CLim: 1360 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 100 60% 81.2 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 57.5 54% 66.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14120 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 565 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 48 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 216 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25257555375
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Initio Ini-3910 500GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 413GB free, PID 3910 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 70.4 Write 68 Mixed 60 84% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.3 37% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 73%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB 2,192 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 84GB free, PID 2100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 30.6 Mixed 25.8 38% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.32 45% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 18%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 1,909 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 17GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 113 Write 33.3 Mixed 32.3 60% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.57 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 1.05 100% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 40%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 136 Write 70.8 Mixed 91.3 117% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.42 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 1.66 164% 3.51 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 38.3 MC Mixed 29.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 28.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 103%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	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