Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	42.1% 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	81.2% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 524 67% 506 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.6 39% 49 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 62.1 49% 59.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3025 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 541 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C2) HDA temperature 75 64 154619936793 (F1) Unknown 100 100 155886	81.2% Excellent	Read 518 Write 354 Mixed 357 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 9.31 95% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 43.1 96% 199 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 101%
FM-25S3-120GBP3 120GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 108GB free Firmware: 5.2.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2548991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 76544907159342 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2515 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 311 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (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 120 120 2548991 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2548991 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2548991 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9011 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11069 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11069 (F2) Unknown 0 0 44652	54.1% Above average	Read 184 Write 145 Mixed 175 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 13.1 111% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 41.1 57% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 3.5TB free Firmware: 040B Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 133 Write 82.1 Mixed 79 73% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 4.53 4K Mixed 0.56 174% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 479GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210611704 (03) Spinup time 98 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11267 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 249 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 92180727 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3973 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475295240 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 588447779 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 38654705699 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 23 210611704 (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 -134458246151201 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2433787050 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4187487033	45% Average	Read 71.9 Write 85 Mixed 75.8 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 422GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 196349456 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45572858 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2739 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 58 420610073 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31567 (C2) HDA temperature 25 42 25769803801 (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 109238198208642 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11693477562 (F2) Unknown 100 253 124997112342	91% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 155 Mixed 148 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

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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 $90Bench 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