Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	230% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '18 at 01:34
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 254 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 795 75% 623 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 96% 112 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1161 1084 986 924 880 847 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,279 Write 1,024 Mixed 684 SusWrite 980 222% 992 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 67 232% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,114 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 961 747% 1,025 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 353%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 49GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,514 Write 1,196 Mixed 699 251% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 63 235% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 1,197 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 572 480% 720 MB/s
Poor: 133% Great: 247%
Seagate ST1000NM0011 99Y1164 59Y1812XIV 1TB 379 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 411GB free Firmware: BB45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 106 106 108 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 110 Write 108 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 106 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 83%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 687GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 92 94 95 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 98.2 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 93.7 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 582 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 128%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

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 $184	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