Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '18 at 22:42
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 555 73% 551 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6291 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Lighting 8.27 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.28 7% 9.45 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 442 448 446 448 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 452 Mixed 306 SusWrite 444 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 40.5 162% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 67.4 129% 258 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 115 114 115 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 116 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 115 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 909GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 103 110 106 108 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 109 Write 103 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 102 115% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M4A2400C14 Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 24.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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	762x
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: $685

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