Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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.
Boot Drive	213% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 13:56
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 158 2-Core 274 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 834 83% 676 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 190 Parallax 178 144% 182 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 167 Splatting 120 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 629 323 322 322 322 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,804 Write 1,482 Mixed 620 SusWrite 368 237% 1,069 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 54.9 235% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,053 DQ Write 1,100 DQ Mixed 770 664% 974 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 236%
Plextor M5M mSATA 64GB-$94 128 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 59GB free Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 157 158 145 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 487 Write 159 Mixed 208 SusWrite 156 56% 252 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 40.7 147% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 166 139% 205 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 83%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 678GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 175 187 188 187 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 175 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 185 99% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 118 117 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 102 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 115 69% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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