Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 07:50
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 454 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1312) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.07% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 2.23 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.28 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 1.7 1% 1.6 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.07% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 162 174 174 176 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 467 Mixed 354 SusWrite 197 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 41.7 156% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 206 189% 288 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%
Seagate ST4000DX002-1H2178 4TB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 184 186 190 190 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 122 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 186 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 178 179 182 182 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 155 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 179 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 125 128 128 128 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 129 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 188% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 926GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 50 51 51 51 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 84.5 Write 74.6 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 50.8 86% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.1 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 42%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 594GB free, PID ce17 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 39.3 Write 39 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 42 54% 39 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 78% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,053 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 90%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	27x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $671

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