Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	42.3% 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)
Boot Drive	241% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 23:09
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th 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-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 149 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 595 80% 596 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2377 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.3% Average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 44.8 39% 49.2 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,163 Write 1,389 Mixed 1,240 353% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 48.9 195% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 111 115% 190 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 254%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 44GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17643344 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -47579647696258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 94 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 36 90196672544 (C2) HDA temperature 32 36 90196672544 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17643344 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17643344 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17643344 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10861 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7698 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7698 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9065	77.6% Very good	Read 490 Write 166 Mixed 225 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 23.7 132% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 60 85% 158 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 829GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226503392 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19413147 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9484 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 505020445 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37141 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 85899345949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 34656091117763 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21693812379 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33871052234	111% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 186 Mixed 183 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 31.7 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 33.2 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,718x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,445x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	617x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	870x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	812x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	374x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	768x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16