Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '19 at 19:19
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 as expected (54^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 254 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 440 54% 415 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 135 110% 138 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 95% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,596 Write 6,275 Mixed 6,161 1,417% 6,344 MB/s	4K Read 567 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 74 1,011% 250 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 1,324 DQ Mixed 1,468 987% 1,168 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung MZNTY128HDHP-000H1 128GB 4,948 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 77GB free Firmware: MAT21H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 128 129 129 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 461 Mixed 358 SusWrite 144 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 57 201% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 320 252% 351 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 194GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 154 154 151 155 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 175 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 154 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%
Intenso Business 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 15GB free, PID 0165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.8 7.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	9.66% Terrible	Read 36 Write 7 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 7.7 15% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 43% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.66% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FBR2 2x8GB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 98%

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

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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	3,710x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,441x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	614x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	867x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	373x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	343x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $648

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16