Asus Z270-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	94.8% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z270-WS (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 20:16
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 243 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 728 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 110 Parallax 111 79% 106 fps	MRender 91.8 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 79.3 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TOSHIBA-VX500 1TB 221 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYCX4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 449 458 443 440 400 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 411 Mixed 399 SusWrite 432 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 34.9 119% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 313 236% 317 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 110%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 168 173 172 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 111 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 172 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.7 331% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FBD2 4x8GB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2747 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.4 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z270-WS Builds (Compare 74 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: Asus Z270-WS

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	57x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	5x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	9x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	6x
M470 1TBMSIBench 341%, 1,979 samples	6x

RAM
BLS8G4D240FSBK.8FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 74%, 3,023 samples	7x
8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 4x8GBMicronBench 80%, 730 samples	6x
HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 82%, 9,100 samples	5x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $569

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16