Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91% 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	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '17 at 00:21
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 526 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 114 94% 118 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 330 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6165 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 69 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1044 (B5) Unknown 100 100 708679958535 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 159 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	63.2% Good	Read 489 Write 247 Mixed 335 79% 357 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 8.58 84% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 9.27 35% 76.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 81%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7735 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2073 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 920 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1785 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8454267589	95.7% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 342 Mixed 354 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 26.9 142% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 82.8 120% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 118%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 176GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5707 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5189 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1081 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4625 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 198 196 541	53.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 81.6 Mixed 98.7 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.28 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 139GB free Firmware: GK8OAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 128 128 42980213207 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4127 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8896 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8896 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 214749085741 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 74.6 Write 76 Mixed 75.3 57% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.44 103% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 47%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 249GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7666 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7363 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15863 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 726 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6635 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	75.2% Very good	Read 150 Write 112 Mixed 116 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.47 131% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 85%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 41GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 24.6 Mixed 29.6 38% 31 MB/s	4K Read 4.87 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 1.34 174% 3.15 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 105%

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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 $241Bench 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	763x
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: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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