Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	119% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	37.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '19 at 04:48
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 229 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 694 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 166 Parallax 142 126% 154 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 184 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 308 324 336 328 324 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 441 Mixed 358 SusWrite 334 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.5 202% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 177 185 178 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 169 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 180 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 349% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 183 184 183 186 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 325GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 84 83 84 83 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	28.2% Poor	Read 14 Write 25.2 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 84.3 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.2 39% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 121 127 127 141 140 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 118 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 130 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 105%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 132 132 135 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 121 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 132 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 75%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 5TB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 128 126 129 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 123 Write 147 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 126 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 220% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 133%
Toshiba HDWF180 8TB 2,355 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 5TB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 132 130 130 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 149 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 128 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 0.5 219% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 30.1 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 24.5 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 115%

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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