Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '17 at 20:08
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 804 86% 686 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Lighting 82.6 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 69.9 67% 77.7 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 70 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 912GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 590 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 450 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4930460541	85.7% Excellent	Read 508 Write 487 Mixed 511 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 25.7 104% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 30.9 42% 72.7 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 124%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 619GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 175 5558 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8569 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5884 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 120235 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 33 (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	36.3% Below average	Read 71.9 Write 54.3 Mixed 71.5 50% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 63%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 443GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89231208 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 52 622794540713 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16551 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5793 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 25770197013 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 572325922 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 30 89231208 (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 41330470318535 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3068421963 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3144643378	40.3% Average	Read 71.7 Write 68.6 Mixed 59.7 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 186GB free Firmware: CC95 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71021454 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4669802 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6079 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 77310853142 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 606208036 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 42949672996 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 12 71021454 (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 -116178865325814 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3975680292 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1822561898	51.6% Above average	Read 77.5 Write 102 Mixed 66.5 61% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.26 73% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 61%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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 $125	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