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 (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 07:06
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 574 77% 574 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 87.5 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 81.3 71% 87.2 fps	Gravity 79 Splatting 77 69% 78 fps
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mknssdcr 480GB-7 480GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13010461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -71717363908559 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 43 68722294819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 68722294819 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13010461 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13010461 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13010461 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 12884901889 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294966940 (EA) Unknown 0 0 43 (F1) Unknown 0 0 43 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34	49.6% Average	Read 412 Write 178 Mixed 212 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 13.9 55% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 73.6 DQ Mixed 40.6 53% 98.5 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 641GB free Firmware: 1AQ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 33 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 65 10461 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8013 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14314 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2171 (B5) Unknown 100 100 314594 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1452 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 40 257698955291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 34 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8052	67% Good	Read 102 Write 131 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 603GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2616 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 839 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10231 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (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	68.9% Good	Read 115 Write 125 Mixed 115 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 83%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 595GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6851 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 412 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1107 (0A) Spinup retry count 108 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 118 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 453 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 188979806237 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 191 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 549 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 111 101% 135 MB/s	4K Read 3.43 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.24 207% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 585GB free Firmware: MX4O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494104357 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14083 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1489 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5476 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 223339413534 (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 200 200 0	78.7% Very good	Read 146 Write 128 Mixed 98.4 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 534GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 166 6458 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8311 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1813 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 93045 (C2) HDA temperature 121 97 29 (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	50.6% Above average	Read 102 Write 74.2 Mixed 89.3 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 67%
Adata DashDrive Elite S102 Pro USB 3.0 32GB-$11 1,777 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 10GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 115 Write 5.21 Mixed 12.4 35% 44.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.08 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.6 69% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 30.1 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 105%

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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 $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