Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 19:22
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 779 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.3 63% 74.3 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 73.5 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.5% 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% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 354 344 341 336 332 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,950 Write 1596 Mixed 684 SusWrite 396 256% 1,157 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 57.9 234% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 825 689% 993 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 254%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 84GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 305 302 301 281 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 391 Write 371 Mixed 357 SusWrite 302 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 38.5 4K Mixed 28.7 94% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 74.1 76% 124 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 75%
Dysk wirtualny Microsoft 69GB 1GB free Firmware: 1.0 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 356 Write 303 Mixed 311 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 27.5 89% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 147 111% 149 MB/s

Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 427GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 85 88 85 82 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 127 Write 143 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 85.6 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 75%
Samsung HE103UJ 1TB-$87 979 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 36GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 55 55 55 54 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 40.8 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 55.4 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 498GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 100 100 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 98.9 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 95%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
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	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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