Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics7.74% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive215% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-A  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 29 '17 at 00:30
Run Duration215 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Memory 90.6
1-Core 144
2-Core 284
95% 173 Pts
4-Core 526
8-Core 726
79% 626 Pts
64-Core 762
47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver.
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.74% Terrible
Lighting 8.03
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 7.94
6% 9.22 fps
MRender 11.5
Gravity 7.13
Splatting 16.5
10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.74%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
215% Outstanding
Read 1,626
Write 1,124
Mixed 1,154
288% 1,301 MB/s
4K Read 57.9
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 40.1
210% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 491
DQ Write 383
DQ Mixed 177
203% 351 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 215%
Great: 236%
Super Talent Express DUO USB 3.0 16GB-$22
15GB free, PID 0305
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
7.61% Terrible
Read 3.92
Write 23.6
Mixed 36.2
33% 21.2 MB/s
4K Read 7.9
4K Write 0.01
4K Mixed 0.02
30% 2.65 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 7.61%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.1% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 20
71% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 21.9
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 66.4
60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-A Builds (Compare 8,324 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $659
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