Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	58.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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-AR (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 07:42
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 160 2-Core 321 103% 191 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 613 83% 617 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (72 fps cap detected)	58.7% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 62.2 59% 68.8 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 72 58% 70.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32070RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 4745 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5244416495469 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 52 47 227633266736 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5652186727716 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1260 (EA) Unknown 100 100 18896 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3674 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2407 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.7% Above average	Read 498 Write 140 Mixed 176 59% 271 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 2.19 62% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 7.01 51% 116 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 78%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 18GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8094 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 196 196 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 67 56 188979544097 (F1) Unknown 100 100 118988	80.4% Excellent	Read 513 Write 330 Mixed 359 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 9.92 98% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 46.9 97% 201 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 306GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60525568 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 656 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13304406 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 232 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 588644386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13902 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 81604378658 (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 39071317495043 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3957462753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45474679681	86.9% Excellent	Read 164 Write 139 Mixed 142 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 275GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 158 2 (03) Spinup time 152 151 5375 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1483 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 752 (C2) HDA temperature 106 83 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.4% Below average	Read 81.6 Write 44.7 Mixed 66.8 49% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.45 120% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 267GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1488 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 692 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3247 (C2) HDA temperature 109 89 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.6% Below average	Read 67.4 Write 38.6 Mixed 55.9 41% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.42 119% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,758 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 108GB free, PID 0100 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 63.8 Write 62.4 Mixed 62.2 81% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C16 Series 2x16GB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.7 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 94%

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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 $242Bench 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: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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