Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	152% 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.
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	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '18 at 06:38
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 260 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 735 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.99% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.55 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.99% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 205 Reflection 221 Parallax 246 167% 224 fps	MRender 253 Gravity 216 Splatting 140 159% 203 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 471 Mixed 369 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 60.1 210% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 230 205% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 210 171 188 185 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 491 Mixed 406 SusWrite 221 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.2 232% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 754GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 484 472 464 477 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 480 Mixed 467 SusWrite 477 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 65.9 226% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 230GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 128 126 118 127 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 168 Write 164 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 125 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 251% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB 08D9 8GX-D4-3000-MR F4-3200C16-8GVKB 08D9 8GX-D4-3000-MR 32GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 17.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $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