Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '23 at 02:34
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 563 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 1,106 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.5% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 106 Parallax 121 110% 121 fps	MRender 86.7 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 93.8 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 47 23 24 28 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 460 Write 29.4 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 30.4 30% 143 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 0.1 36% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 98.5 DQ Mixed 3.1 36% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 78%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 437GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 314 381 401 416 422 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 431 Mixed 426 SusWrite 388 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 46.6 149% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 349 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 722GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 105 105 107 104 108 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 179 Write 177 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 107 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2400, 2133, 2400, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.8 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 25.6 SC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 26: 0P 4R 1G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
26%	24%	33	214	59	60	27.5"	1280 720	SAM0D6F U28E570

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	553x
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	174x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16