Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	80.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '17 at 01:50
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 340 46% 340 Pts	64-Core 341 21% 341 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1556) 1GB CLim: 951 MHz, MLim: 1089 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 11.5 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 9.78 9% 11.6 fps	Gravity 11.8 Splatting 14.1 12% 13 fps
Poor: 7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 274GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 513 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 63 158914904088 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1321815514 (F7) Unknown 100 100 41430673 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9100940 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1938 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.5% Excellent	Read 478 Write 330 Mixed 337 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 26.1 116% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 43.2 96% 201 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 99%
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 576 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 89 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393233 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1056	80.8% Excellent	Read 516 Write 325 Mixed 350 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 10.4 101% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 45.7 95% 195 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 91%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 39GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 -77919296665746 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2113 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 316 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16497 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14031 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14031 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15353	38.3% Below average	Read 196 Write 59.2 Mixed 85.5 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 9.95 85% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 67.1 DQ Write 58.2 DQ Mixed 21 27% 48.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 51%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 22GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9612 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2079 (E8) Unknown 100 100 3123514786 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	101% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 391 Mixed 398 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 34.6 152% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 129 151% 260 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24.6 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16