Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	5.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 11:37
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 237 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 397 44% 344 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 111 Parallax 103 80% 104 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 99.6 79% 96.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20804 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2331 (E8) Unknown 100 100 65140573865 (E9) Unknown 92 0 92	101% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 384 Mixed 394 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 35.7 149% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 119 145% 253 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1774 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 51 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2573447681	111% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 415 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 46.1 167% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 121 143% 250 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 148539912 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 201955434564 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 22787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2437 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 4917231647 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 474 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73393 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 -140737488355297 (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 -124330713269922 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -104441295118695 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39499556650536	101% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 198 Mixed 125 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.4 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 86 75% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%

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Workstation 61%

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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	762x
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