Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	145% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 00:19
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 890 90% 730 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,133 Write 558 Mixed 764 180% 818 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 44.8 167% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 99.7 135% 243 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 157%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 363GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190355184 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 69 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3468514 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 94369021427822 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (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 70 63 521601054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1266 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 98784247838 (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 100 100 34462817583179 (F1) Unknown 100 253 395946879 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2690701447 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	66.9% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 114 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 77%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 12GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 147 Write 110 Mixed 99.8 145% 119 MB/s	4K Read 4.79 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33.8 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.2 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,688x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,435x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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