Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	57.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 12:04
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 759 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 106% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 127 Splatting 105 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2912 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (64) Unknown 100 100 3137344 (65) Unknown 100 100 349728 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 951 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1360 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 158915035163 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5786 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1799 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4671 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2201 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2	57.1% Above average	Read 474 Write 169 Mixed 260 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 8.87 73% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 21.6 51% 113 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 464GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 874 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 917 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 30 (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	87.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 147 Mixed 140 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.36 120% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 172GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 161 4758 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3601 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 52078 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1203 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 339 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3589 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 34 (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	45.3% Average	Read 76.6 Write 81 Mixed 91.3 63% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.31 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 160GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130954371 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8736589490 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 46462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1141 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 983055 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 521863199 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 30064771103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 17 130954371 (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 22896470697816 (F1) Unknown 100 253 820659711 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2309322218	53.2% Above average	Read 93 Write 92.4 Mixed 85.2 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x8GB 5,640 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 22.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 89%

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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 $230Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

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