Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.9% 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	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 10:16
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 786 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1424) ≥ 4GB; Asus strix CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.4 83% 103 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 97.5 79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$54 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 204GB free Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^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 100 100 675 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 55 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21943 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (94) Unknown 100 100 29044 (95) Unknown 100 100 878 (96) Unknown 100 100 719 (97) Unknown 100 100 854 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 55 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 157812 (F2) Unknown 100 100 107321 (F5) Unknown 100 100 351088	89.8% Excellent	Read 516 Write 341 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 29.7 126% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 54.1 90% 174 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8674644498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 105999792870835 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 562 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 126 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 43 52 81607786539 (C2) HDA temperature 43 52 81607786539 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 110 8674644498 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 110 110 8674644498 (CC) Soft ECC correction 110 110 8674644498 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14767 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9903 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9903 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6287 (F4) Unknown 98 98 7471183	51% Above average	Read 387 Write 100 Mixed 155 46% 214 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 9.84 89% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 74.2 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 32.3 41% 72 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236305520 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1701 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20847935 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 631 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 49 774111275 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5233 (C2) HDA temperature 43 51 68719476779 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121371480824304 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29073603108 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65316733612	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 183 Mixed 177 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 14GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 4.52 Mixed 8.27 15% 17 MB/s	4K Read 3.87 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 1.05 106% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 32.1 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 42.2 SC Mixed 30.5 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,689x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,436x
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	863x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	809x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	339x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	761x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	323x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	158x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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