Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	278% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 16:00
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$250 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 284 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 816 82% 667 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 23.1 Reflection 26.9 Parallax 22 19% 24 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 34 25% 29.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,705 Write 1,332 Mixed 1,478 404% 1,838 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 50.1 226% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 583 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 197 222% 383 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 254%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 77GB free Firmware: M306 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 166 116 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1810 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 85902163996 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 193381 (F1) Unknown 100 100 46092 (F2) Unknown 100 100 121351 (FA) Read error retry rate 253 253 0	100% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 431 Mixed 433 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 33.2 131% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 85.2 125% 234 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 184GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 188 6191 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7559 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1910 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 152 152 145667 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 34 (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
Poor: 29% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 152GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 192 186 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7921 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18959 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2301 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 125 125 227990 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (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	41.8% Average	Read 73.6 Write 72.1 Mixed 59.2 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 102GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 195 187 6216 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9133 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2302 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122328 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (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
Poor: 29% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 26.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 29.1 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 104%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	552x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	203x
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 $76Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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