Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	200% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 23:56
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 287 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 571 68% 526 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 104 Parallax 86.7 80% 96.5 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 104 Splatting 108 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 228 202 186 179 174 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,392 Write 1,124 Mixed 614 SusWrite 242 187% 843 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 58.7 263% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,152 DQ Write 1,139 DQ Mixed 660 629% 984 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 629GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 485 479 465 464 471 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 481 Write 460 Mixed 427 SusWrite 461 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 63.3 216% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 94% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 406GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 915 509 508 508 509 509 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 648GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 100 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 111 Write 118 Mixed 85 SusWrite 104 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 101%
WD My Passport 25E1 1TB 31,309 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 923GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 120 118 120 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 163 Write 116 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 120 155% 120 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.9 243% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 591GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 104 94 94 98 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 94 Write 99 Mixed 66 SusWrite 96.9 121% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.3 170% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 3x8GB 1,154 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 98%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,695x
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	1,146x
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	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	159x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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