Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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 Drive	250% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '20 at 10:48
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 532 69% 520 Pts	64-Core 492 30% 492 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3369) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 149 Parallax 139 110% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 740 655 660 654 647 499 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,319 Write 1,164 Mixed 1,096 SusWrite 642 237% 1,055 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 89.5 295% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,604 DQ Write 1,366 DQ Mixed 1,389 1,067% 1,453 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 340%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 330GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 436 297 269 268 267 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 438 Mixed 337 SusWrite 325 87% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 37.3 126% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 247 211% 311 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 312GB free Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 472 383 375 372 373 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 409 Mixed 362 SusWrite 408 90% 397 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43.6 160% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 339 254% 340 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 132 132 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 123 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 132 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 919GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 119 117 112 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 75.7 Write 120 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 116 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 209% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 90%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 144 143 145 145 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 147 Write 137 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 145 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$138 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 7TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 221 223 226 224 226 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-16GVK CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 69%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,690x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,437x
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	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	340x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	241x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	762x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

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