Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% 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 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	365 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	21%

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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 293 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 574 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 63.6 55% 67.4 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 59.3 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42923288 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2384848 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (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 60 56 690356264 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 40 44 77309411368 (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 -2061584302036 (F1) Unknown 100 253 423797098 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4667811050	105% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 165 Mixed 149 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 467GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 124970176 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35054097 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 639828006 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23604 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 64424509478 (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 -72894184944507 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11546669756 (F2) Unknown 100 253 85492111159	102% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 164 Mixed 151 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 182GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21743776 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 556577772 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8070 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032843 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 63 52 622985253 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1846 (C2) HDA temperature 37 48 47244640293 (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 94978906791838 (F1) Unknown 100 253 46319914398 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1432950836180	101% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 162 Mixed 157 127% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 23.2 Write 8.19 Mixed 10.1 15% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.63 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.43 49% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FBD 2x16GB 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 29.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	552x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	203x
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 $76Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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