Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.5% 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	251% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 07:12
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$241 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 791 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 139 Parallax 117 103% 128 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 123 Splatting 101 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 349GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2704 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 346 (B1) Unknown 98 98 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 46 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14583477796	118% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51.2 197% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 116 128% 213 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 131%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,495 Write 1,166 Mixed 1,327 365% 1,663 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 50.8 226% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 111 129% 218 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 236%
PNY SSD2SC120G1SA754D117-820 120GB 1,827 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 15GB free Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^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 1798 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 679 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 34920 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 101 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 56446 (A5) Unknown 100 100 272 (A6) Unknown 100 100 20 (A7) Unknown 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 92 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3786 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3876	72.5% Very good	Read 511 Write 113 Mixed 240 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 20.8 125% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 60.3 81% 149 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156669184 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5160 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8648300 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 4041 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21167 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 30064771101 (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 10101763083430 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15849525453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 91003016565	102% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 177 Mixed 167 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.16 81% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 22.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 90%

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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-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	552x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	204x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	173x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	27x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

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 $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 $40	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