Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	277% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 01:26
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 282 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 752 78% 626 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 184 Parallax 184 134% 177 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 166 Splatting 118 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1153 1188 1194 1275 1271 1246 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1,309 Write 1,113 Mixed 992 SusWrite 1,221 261% 1,159 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 83.4 288% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,458 DQ Write 1,276 DQ Mixed 1,316 1,000% 1,350 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 393%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 122GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 440 438 458 450 440 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 429 Write 468 Mixed 330 SusWrite 441 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 43.9 166% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 159 145% 215 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 574GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 146 175 3.1 123 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 456 Write 273 Mixed 202 SusWrite 144 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 9 60% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 65.1 DQ Mixed 18.3 33% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 58%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 157GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 276 276 276 276 275 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 294 Mixed 336 SusWrite 292 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 56 205% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 230 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 118%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 1,926 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2TB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 138 137 143 143 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 49.5 Write 113 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 138 22% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 9.1 4K Mixed 0.7 6% 3.43 MB/s	DQ Read 1.2 DQ Write 6.2 DQ Mixed 2 2% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 18%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 584GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 150 151 153 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 135 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 152 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 27.8 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 30.8 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
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	863x
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	158x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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