Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '18 at 19:44
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 168 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 390 36% 301 Pts	64-Core 251 16% 251 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 94.4 Parallax 86.2 68% 87.9 fps	MRender 84.9 Gravity 80.9 Splatting 84.3 68% 83.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$115 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 322 236 207 178 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 464 Write 374 Mixed 324 SusWrite 240 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 36.6 127% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 191 173% 260 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 114%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 58GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,135 Write 1,031 Mixed 564 202% 910 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 44.2 179% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 1,036 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 802 627% 869 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 104 92 110 97 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 78 Write 99.3 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 113 55% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 108%
Generic Mass-Storage 64GB 1,564 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 33GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 18 18 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	9.13% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 15.5 Mixed 10 SusWrite 17.3 20% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 66% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.13% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 15.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 95%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,691x
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	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	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	159x

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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 $182	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) $30	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