Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 09:58
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 787 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 92% 111 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,020 Write 941 Mixed 1,276 311% 1,412 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 227 4K Mixed 32.2 227% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 218 255% 439 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 230%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 67 5015108 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 690 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9175581 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 50882477556734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 58 706674730 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1567 (C2) HDA temperature 42 42 98784247850 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 5 5015108 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -33917356736461 (F1) Unknown 100 253 379601115 (F2) Unknown 100 253 398165920	124% Outstanding	Read 223 Write 209 Mixed 190 156% 207 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.52 199% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 2x16GB 2,697 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 31.1 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 43.5 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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