Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	49.7% 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	112% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 09:41
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$250 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 271 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 752 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6286 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.64 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.05% Great: 7%
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% XFX(1682 C570); 1002-67df CLim: 1286 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.9.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 86.1 51% 71.9 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 57.5 Splatting 54 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 218 213 215 203 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 478 Mixed 394 SusWrite 237 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.3 198% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 101GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 485 457 468 486 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 471 Mixed 355 SusWrite 473 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.3 166% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 331 257% 353 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 119%
623 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 29GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 13 11 13 11 10 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 42.6 Write 19.5 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 14.5 30% 25.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.3 110% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 4x8GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 104%

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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	203x
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 $76Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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