Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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	192% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '20 at 23:41
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 243 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 530 59% 462 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 192 Parallax 176 144% 182 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 177 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 545 234 235 234 231 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1878 Write 1,352 Mixed 681 SusWrite 285 232% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.1 190% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,057 DQ Write 834 DQ Mixed 736 608% 876 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 92GB free Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 412 412 409 403 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 414 Mixed 252 SusWrite 405 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38 148% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 311 236% 316 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 106%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 820GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 832 823 847 781 834 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 105%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 37GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,823 Write 1,678 Mixed 645 306% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 50.4 178% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,040 DQ Write 913 DQ Mixed 895 693% 949 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-2400C15-8GRR F4-3000C16-8GTZR F4-2400C15-8GRR 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.6 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 76%

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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	3,711x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,442x
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	868x
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	768x
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