Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	329% 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 23:52
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 610 81% 607 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 95.5 Parallax 94.8 86% 98.8 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 83.3 76% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42AZS6AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 945 1393 959 1545 516 515 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,709 Write 1,827 Mixed 125 SusWrite 979 310% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 69.6 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 97.3 336% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,320 DQ Write 1,224 DQ Mixed 568 620% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 318%
Patriot Blaze 120GB-$30 2,058 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 112GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 146 149 151 145 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 439 Write 140 Mixed 188 SusWrite 146 50% 228 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 21.6 120% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 3.8 29% 67.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 66%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 181 184 179 188 180 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 57% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-065.A00G 2x16GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 78%

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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 $176	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