Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	113% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	302% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 03:50
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 870 91% 731 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 161 Parallax 139 122% 150 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 138 Splatting 119 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,817 Write 1,457 Mixed 1,392 415% 1,889 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 62.5 253% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 644 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 216 245% 423 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 235GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,805 Write 1,445 Mixed 1,485 420% 1,912 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 54.5 261% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 238 265% 456 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 254%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 42949672960 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (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 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 141735428126 (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	83.7% Excellent	Read 148 Write 143 Mixed 143 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.48 171% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 121%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 955GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th 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 8448 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 426 (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 88 88 4890 (0A) Spinup retry count 108 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 33 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 484 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 180389675037 (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 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 88 88 4809 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 570 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	98.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 171 Mixed 158 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 3.76 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.25 224% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3297 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 32.2 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 46.3 SC Mixed 32.9 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

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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