Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	244% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 22:44
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 800 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 67.5 63% 73.4 fps	MRender 76.4 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 60.8 56% 68.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,401 Write 1,282 Mixed 1,431 376% 1,704 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 40.2 157% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 571 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 210 232% 395 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 128GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2385 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 704 (B1) Unknown 98 98 26 (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 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15036140122	106% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 405 Mixed 415 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 48.6 149% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 121 144% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 176127776 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8735620973 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1715 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 488046621 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2844 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14953 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 176127776 (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 -23553600647714 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51289574788 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6929858026381
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 446GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5987 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5911 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48% Average	Read 76.8 Write 90.1 Mixed 75.6 61% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.22 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FDR1 2x8GB 720 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 78%

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Desktop 90%

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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	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 $125	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