Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 15:56
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 42.1 1-Core 99.1 2-Core 198 59% 113 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 396 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.5 Reflection 70 Parallax 65.5 56% 68 fps	MRender 59.7 Gravity 63.8 Splatting 62.7 51% 62 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23675 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 692 (B1) Unknown 86 86 158 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 65 1 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 150 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35834498695	75% Very good	Read 481 Write 334 Mixed 327 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 19.1 102% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 18.7 43% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25789595951 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 43 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 335 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 20 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 180389871654 (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	98.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 171 Mixed 163 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.2 75% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 345GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 94 107172760 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 111756309984 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 28954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 761 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 181 (BC) Unknown 100 100 25770196999 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 638779429 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 165255 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 -17179869147 (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 -9517647517206 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38325678242 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39784145608	76.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 137 Mixed 120 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 11.8 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 193 21% 193 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 109%

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Gaming 71%

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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) $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