Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% 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	186% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '19 at 11:54
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 144 2-Core 267 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 719 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.4 84% 105 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 98.1 Splatting 103 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 477 469 460 451 451 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,245 Write 1,132 Mixed 522 SusWrite 489 189% 847 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44 160% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,401 DQ Write 1,178 DQ Mixed 933 796% 1,171 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 143GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1359 374 382 386 388 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,506 Write 1,319 Mixed 973 SusWrite 544 242% 1,086 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 57.8 205% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,002 DQ Write 1,316 DQ Mixed 1,150 871% 1,156 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 302%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 747GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 135 135 134 133 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 67 Write 64.5 Mixed 43 SusWrite 132 56% 76.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 105%
Lacie Rugged RAID Pro 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 437GB free Firmware: 1156 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 34 32 34 34 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 33.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 32.9 24% 32.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.6 161% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 68%
WD My Book Duo 25F6 4TB 255 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 116GB free, PID 25f6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 157 Write 140 Mixed 92.5 SusWrite 80.5 152% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 105% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 35.9 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 45.3 SC Mixed 30.8 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 137%

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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	3,702x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,439x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	613x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1,147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	864x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	810x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	342x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	767x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	324x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	160x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $654

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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