Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (86%). 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	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	21 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '19 at 22:02
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	86%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 265 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 647 60% 503 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 54.7 Reflection 63.2 Parallax 51.4 45% 56.4 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 54.8 Splatting 71.4 56% 68.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 264 246 231 250 243 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 1,000 Write 816 Mixed 498 SusWrite 297 145% 653 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 23.9 80% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 732 DQ Mixed 597 516% 768 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 236%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 127GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 402 400 394 390 391 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	80% Very good	Read 439 Write 395 Mixed 368 SusWrite 395 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 22 72% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 295 239% 337 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 123%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 747GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 90 91 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65% Good	Read 137 Write 129 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 89.3 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 101%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 00d7 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 7.7 7.2 7.8 7.2 8.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.06% Terrible	Read 25.5 Write 4.2 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 7.3 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.06% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 31.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 13.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 113%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,699x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	766x
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 $295	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