Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.9% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). 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	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 10:22
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 96.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 432 48% 380 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (72 fps cap detected)	58.9% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 61.1 59% 68.4 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 71.8 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 135463269418761 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3945 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3143 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3143 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 135124 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 70 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 135124 (F2) Unknown 100 100 327686 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7542	65.9% Good	Read 483 Write 182 Mixed 249 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 13.8 115% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.4 DQ Write 89.5 DQ Mixed 74.3 53% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 596GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 165 (03) Spinup time 160 155 4958 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3713 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 211 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4750 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 186 186 1465 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 82.9 Write 91.5 Mixed 81.9 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.32 106% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 62%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 661GB free Firmware: JP4OA41B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25790185782 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3381 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3893 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3893 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 193274707997 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 131 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.4 99% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-3000 2x4GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 29.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 24.2 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 100%

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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