Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.7% 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	279% 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	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 16:06
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$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 (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 155 2-Core 292 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 856 83% 681 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 38.5 37% 38.9 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 42.8 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB 5,114 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 923GB free Firmware: M0MU031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 54 197569544219 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2155058957 (F7) Unknown 100 100 67368578 (F8) Unknown 100 100 24373721 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9368 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 492 Mixed 466 89% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 34.7 150% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 33.4 108% 235 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 430GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,906 Write 1,458 Mixed 1,568 435% 1,977 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 50.7 248% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 731 DQ Write 504 DQ Mixed 256 289% 497 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,929 Write 1,438 Mixed 1,427 424% 1,931 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 31.6 217% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 61.8 DQ Write 479 DQ Mixed 30.4 94% 190 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 254%
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 57GB free Firmware: Q0518BS Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2343 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 40 (A3) Unknown 100 100 5 (A4) Unknown 100 100 38239 (A5) Unknown 100 100 112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 11 (A7) Unknown 100 100 75 (94) Unknown 100 100 17160 (95) Unknown 100 100 540 (96) Unknown 100 100 402 (97) Unknown 100 100 504 (9F) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 70 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4431 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 92915 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5740 (F5) Unknown 100 100 344151	83.7% Excellent	Read 516 Write 287 Mixed 325 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 26.1 126% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 31.8 67% 132 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 107%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 140 11650 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 436 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (10) Unknown 1 199 23888085626 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 406 (C2) HDA temperature 126 102 26 (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	81.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 127 Mixed 128 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.31 118% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x16GB 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $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 $45Bench 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 $45	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