Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 05:24
Run Duration	441 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 569 76% 567 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 68.7 66% 77 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 73.4 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 961GB free (System drive) Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 151 151 21503672749 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 451 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 451 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 236224512036 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9	71.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 123 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.82 158% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 213GB free Firmware: D781 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 113 Mixed 61.3 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.92 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 236% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 92%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 90GB free Firmware: 0108 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 67%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 75GB free Firmware: 0108 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 65%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2GB free Firmware: 0304 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 65%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 97.6 Write 81.2 Mixed 76.2 106% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.33 117% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 63%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 63%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 909GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 59%
WDC WD40 EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 823GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 73 Write 79.2 Mixed 73.9 98% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.28 91% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 44%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00WN9B0 4TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 24GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 51%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 16GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3297 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 30.9 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 31.5 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $250Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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