Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50.3% 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	72.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 21:38
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 153 2-Core 298 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 850 84% 687 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 61.6 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 60.7 50% 63 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 60.2 Splatting 54.4 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 526ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 27861170 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 -104006928007858 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 436 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 84 1005027852315 (C2) HDA temperature 27 84 1005027852315 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27861170 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27861170 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27861170 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 28592 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22235 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22235 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13518	72.5% Very good	Read 486 Write 233 Mixed 310 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 15.8 118% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 54.5 59% 93.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 164 5966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2834 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 32105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 592 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 373 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 199237 (C2) HDA temperature 122 107 28 (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	72% Very good	Read 120 Write 131 Mixed 121 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 67%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 290 Mixed 262 251% 336 MB/s	4K Read 9.57 4K Write 4.49 4K Mixed 0.41 527% 4.82 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 258%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 701GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198623008 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 137634581962 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 45994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 781 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 538902559 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 90194313247 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 20 198623008 (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 121234041904774 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1365950177 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3524744437	58.7% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 105 Mixed 101 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.26 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 68%

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 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.9% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $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: $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 $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 $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