Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% 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	115% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 16:06
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 153 2-Core 298 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 846 86% 695 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2877 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 125 Parallax 112 89% 116 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 113 Splatting 106 91% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 170 92 75 70 62 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 488 Mixed 395 SusWrite 155 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 65.3 222% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2484 2233 1526 1550 1544 1554 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 2,648 Write 2,440 Mixed 1,800 SusWrite 1,815 488% 2,176 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 98.5 329% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,626 DQ Write 1,429 DQ Mixed 1,497 1,130% 1,517 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 410%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 105GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 61 61 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 104 Write 98.6 Mixed 83.9 SusWrite 60.9 65% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 29.9 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 32.9 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,696x
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 $95Bench 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	160x

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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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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