Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 843 90% 716 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 158 Parallax 147 122% 151 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2584 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4388 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 5181 (0A) Spinup retry count 187 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 37648 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929479207 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2238 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 182 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	54.6% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 91.8 Mixed 78.8 67% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 62%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 17GB free Firmware: GG2OA600 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 214 214 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1814 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 244575 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 261994250281 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 20 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	37.7% Below average	Read 61.8 Write 69.6 Mixed 55.9 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.12 51% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 17GB free Firmware: 0001LVM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 83 137709168 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4057 (05) Reallocated sector count 80 80 3312 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 25998362676 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 113735028975370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2961 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 3882 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 588972066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 578 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 234 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 280480 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 73014444066 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 99132140166339 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 45 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 45 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	32.6% Below average	Read 56 Write 57.8 Mixed 54 42% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.13 45% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 61%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 104 Write 19.5 Mixed 20.6 44% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.45 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.51 50% 3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB 12,708 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 80%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $684

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