Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	310% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	25 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 838 84% 684 Pts	64-Core 838 52% 838 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 209 Parallax 200 155% 200 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 185 Splatting 130 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 463GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,565 Write 1,108 Mixed 1,141 282% 1,271 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 49.1 215% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 581 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 176 204% 359 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 457GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5724 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1853 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 162 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2928996511	115% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 410 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 50.5 183% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 126 138% 235 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,755 Write 1,723 Mixed 1,836 465% 2,105 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 68.3 244% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 195 210% 356 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 353%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 231GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 442 Write 439 Mixed 442 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 33.7 119% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 76.6 78% 127 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 75%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 172GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5881 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1945 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 72 53 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 124 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7185948257
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD My Book 1235 3TB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2.5TB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 128 Write 123 Mixed 82.5 138% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 89,024 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2954 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 31.1 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 41.5 SC Mixed 30.1 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 119%

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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 $184	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) $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