Asus PRIME Z270-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	29.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-A (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '22 at 21:23
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 270 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 508 69% 514 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 37.5 Reflection 42.2 Parallax 39.6 31% 39.8 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 28.5 28% 35.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 288 288 286 265 275 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Read 448 Write 385 Mixed 222 SusWrite 284 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 34.4 112% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 219 184% 267 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 21GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 7.3 6.4 6.8 7.2 6.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 59%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 458GB free Firmware: SBM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 89 103 88 97 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 31.6 Write 98.8 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 95.6 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 71%
WD easystore 25FB 4TB 3,961 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 176 174 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 173 Write 172 Mixed 108 SusWrite 174 211% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 126% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 104%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-A - $159

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,697x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	242x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	765x
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 $300	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