Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	94.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '20 at 20:07
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 815 87% 694 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1998 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.3% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 129 Parallax 114 99% 122 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 116 Splatting 101 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 215 Mixed 398 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 64 224% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 174GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 486 485 492 492 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 473 Mixed 387 SusWrite 487 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 66.2 228% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 134%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 429GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 42 43 38 42 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 33.7 Write 20.5 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 40.8 23% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 5,708 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 28.9 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 44.6 SC Mixed 30.1 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	3,699x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	1,438x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	372x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	341x
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	766x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $659

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $184	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