Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	258% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '21 at 22:07
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 275 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 747 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Device(7377 1111) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 192 Parallax 181 139% 181 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 183 Splatting 126 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 870 855 865 788 787 785 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,318 Write 1,148 Mixed 1,082 SusWrite 825 245% 1,093 MB/s	4K Read 70.4 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 88.2 311% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,440 DQ Write 1,219 DQ Mixed 1,310 987% 1323 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 193GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 185 232 247 252 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 275 Mixed 297 SusWrite 226 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 45.8 171% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 157 141% 210 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%
Vaseky V800 350GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 325GB free Firmware: Q0831C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 238 268 292 292 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 287 Write 283 Mixed 228 SusWrite 267 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 18.2 119% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 22.2 70% 148 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%
Vaseky V800/500G 500GB 269 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 120GB free Firmware: R0411D SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 305 350 388 390 388 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 353 Mixed 316 SusWrite 353 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.3 158% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 215 170% 233 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378A1K43BB2-CRC 2x16GB 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79.9% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.2 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 25.5 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 23: 4R 1G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
23%	15%	34	9	6	165	27"	2560 1440	AUS27B1 ROG PG278QR

History: Score 2: 0R 0G 2B | Score 30: 2R 4G 8B | Score 25: 2R 3G 6B | Score 23: 4R 1G 0B

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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 $90Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $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