Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.5% 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	112% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '22 at 22:04
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 725 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 104 Parallax 96.4 82% 100 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 91.5 75% 92.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 500GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0607A SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 407 404 432 400 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 436 Mixed 398 SusWrite 409 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 49.3 170% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 106 147% 270 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 119 121 121 120 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 98.2 Write 94.9 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 119 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.2% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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 $195Bench 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) $31	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