Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.63% 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	266% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 15:11
Run Duration	410 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 498 70% 518 Pts	64-Core 517 32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.63% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.53 6% 9.25 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.8 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.63% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 796 1058 1056 786 1296 787 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,795 Write 1,635 Mixed 307 SusWrite 963 261% 1,175 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 88.6 275% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,286 DQ Write 901 DQ Mixed 558 562% 915 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 311%
WDC WDS2 40G2G0A-00JH30 240GB 768 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 121GB free Firmware: UF45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 144 117 129 139 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 359 Write 286 Mixed 242 SusWrite 144 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 18.8 76% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 75.1 DQ Mixed 35.6 42% 73.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 56%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 28GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,717 Write 1,530 Mixed 1,269 335% 1,505 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 71.5 238% 94.4 MB/s	DQ Read 854 DQ Write 991 DQ Mixed 790 632% 879 MB/s
Poor: 141% Great: 228%
WDC WDS 500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 679 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 123GB free Firmware: 4010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 227 240 228 237 239 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 372 Write 304 Mixed 277 SusWrite 230 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 30 115% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 62 DQ Mixed 79.8 64% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 105%
Ct480bx5 0 480GB 896 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 117GB free Firmware: M6C SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 200 200 200 134 7.3 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 392 Write 340 Mixed 324 SusWrite 157 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 18.3 84% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 81.7 DQ Write 29.4 DQ Mixed 21.1 25% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 83%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 43GB free Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 207 208 208 224 250 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 352 Mixed 335 SusWrite 217 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 54.4 182% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 172 147% 214 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 118%
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 11GB free Firmware: M6CR022 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 453 Mixed 399 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 33.8 4K Mixed 16.6 84% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 84.1 DQ Write 29.6 DQ Mixed 20.7 25% 44.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 92%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 250GB free Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 465 465 466 466 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,524 Write 1936 Mixed 1,312 SusWrite 499 348% 1,568 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 79.9 286% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,191 DQ Write 868 DQ Mixed 571 551% 877 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 311%
Asmt ASM105x 3TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 249GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 131 130 131 132 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 110 Write 97.5 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 130 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 97%
Asmt ASM105x 3TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 598GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 157 158 158 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 162 Mixed 35.4 SusWrite 157 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 97%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 56GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 34 29 21 18 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 149 Write 30.2 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 28 63% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.1 77% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.1 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 99%

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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