Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	43 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 01:34
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 145 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 576 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 13.6 67% 58.8 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 76.5 61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+ NVMe PCIe 500GB 1,939 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 250 270 273 467 322 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1,194 Write 277 Mixed 449 SusWrite 302 122% 556 MB/s	4K Read 205 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 155 573% 160 MB/s	DQ Read 1,297 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 436 410% 668 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 255%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 507GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 171 166 165 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 139 Mixed 93 SusWrite 171 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 110%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 965 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 119GB free, PID 0749 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 61 62 61 62 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 90.7 Write 63.7 Mixed 68 SusWrite 60.7 92% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 5.1 324% 5.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 33.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 37.6 SC Mixed 29.1 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 106%

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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 $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	1,147x
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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $40	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