Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 18:47
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 798 79% 647 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% 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: 382.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.1% Good	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 59.4 54% 73.4 fps	MRender 98.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 120GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5168445 (05) Reallocated sector count 86 86 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 84662395341790 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1297 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 110 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 40 38657327128 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 38657327128 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5168445 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5168445 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5168445 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 107374182400 (E9) Unknown 0 0 408 (EA) Unknown 0 0 517 (F1) Unknown 0 0 517 (F2) Unknown 0 0 822	84.7% Excellent	Read 508 Write 231 Mixed 297 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 20.7 138% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 75.4 100% 180 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 85%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: R211 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 11349234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -93020401690865 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2421 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1735 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 25772425239 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11349234 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11349234 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11349234 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10917 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11554 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11554 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10082	71.8% Very good	Read 499 Write 128 Mixed 180 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 20.5 129% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 41.7 59% 111 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 81%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 172 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 713 (C2) HDA temperature 124 109 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 138 Mixed 137 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.27 111% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2478256 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18895119 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2429 (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 73 58 454098971 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29878 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 21474836507 (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 -35442070123937 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44887544533275 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80777951880473	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 186 Mixed 141 128% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.42 114% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 1,000 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 3.5TB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 104 Write 96.3 Mixed 9.51 80% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 6.17 4K Mixed 0.49 230% 2.58 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 106%

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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 $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