Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	70.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '17 at 18:05
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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-$242 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 792 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.2% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 9.31 Parallax 7.75 7% 8.37 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 8.27 Splatting 10.7 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 894GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 71 67 141735428125 (F1) Unknown 100 100 504	82.6% Excellent	Read 516 Write 355 Mixed 341 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 9.81 100% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 43.5 94% 195 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 103%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 321GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 167 Write 174 Mixed 672 77% 338 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 27.1 165% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.2 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 26.8 42% 76.3 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 144%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 11,954 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.4 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $242Bench 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 $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 $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: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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