Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.17% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	174% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	8.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '19 at 16:28
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$40 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 214 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 326 43% 325 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.17% Terrible	Lighting 10.3 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.62 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 13.9 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 9.17% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE2512GTTDR 512GB 5,250 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 559 483 472 467 465 492 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 594 Write 1,033 Mixed 748 SusWrite 490 162% 716 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 65.5 231% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,205 DQ Write 990 DQ Mixed 438 508% 878 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 290%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: AX0G1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 112 113 112 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 112 66% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 62%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 145 144 148 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 146 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 145 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 86%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 6GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 24 13 14 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 25.8 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 21.6 37% 28.5 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 3.9 260% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD Corsair CMK8GX4M2A2400C14 BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 12GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 82%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $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 $95Bench 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 $184	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