Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	96.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '19 at 13:22
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 147 2-Core 269 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 772 85% 673 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 144 Parallax 120 99% 129 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 127 Splatting 108 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 468 185 156 157 157 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 445 Write 431 Mixed 382 SusWrite 265 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.5 147% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 302 220% 284 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 90GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 112 112 113 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 86.2 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 111 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 25.6 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 28.6 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,688x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,435x
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	862x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	808x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	157x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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