Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive132% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime7.1 Days
Run DateAug 22 '19 at 05:11
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User CHN-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 81.1
1-Core 143
2-Core 269
90% 164 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 693
70% 565 Pts
64-Core 770
48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Zotac(19DA 1428) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 147
Parallax 124
115% 138 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 140
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme Pioneer APS-SE10 240GB
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: V2.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 531 527 517 513 515 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
132% Outstanding
Read 847
Write 258
Mixed 554
SusWrite 506
120% 541 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 32.3
175% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 324
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 69.4
127% 250 MB/s
Poor: 117%
This bench: 132%
Great: 132%
WDC WDS100T2G0A-00JH30 1TB
499GB free
Firmware: UH510000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 255 146 270 272 272 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
56.1% Above average
Read 431
Write 372
Mixed 279
SusWrite 254
75% 334 MB/s
4K Read 13.9
4K Write 44.2
4K Mixed 14
62% 24 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 91.8
DQ Mixed 30.2
42% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 56.1%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown Ramsta-2133Mhz-16G 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
39.5% Below average
MC Read 14.2
MC Write 13.6
MC Mixed 11.4
37% 13.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 13.5
SC Mixed 13.7
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 78.6
51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 39.5%
Great: 41%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,389 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $664
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