Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	172% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 21:06
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 776 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 159 Parallax 138 125% 150 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 150 Splatting 115 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1223 390 306 306 307 307 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1265 Write 1,094 Mixed 956 SusWrite 473 212% 947 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 80.9 281% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 50.1 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 74 70% 104 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 104 104 107 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 111 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 90%
MB2000EBZQC 2TB 993 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: HPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 107 105 106 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 86.3 Write 106 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 108 64% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 86%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 886GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 76 79 77 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 77 Write 57 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 77.7 48% 65 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 59%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 16GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID cb40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 9.1 9.4 9.3 9.4 8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	7.15% Terrible	Read 27 Write 8.3 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 9 15% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.15% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 4x8GB 443 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26.3 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 101%

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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	3,702x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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