Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	133% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '19 at 19:48
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 265 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 445 55% 418 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2865 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 197 Parallax 184 153% 190 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 185 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,928 Write 6,166 Mixed 6,103 1,427% 6,399 MB/s	4K Read 563 4K Write 241 4K Mixed 340 1,417% 381 MB/s	DQ Read 1,597 DQ Write 1,273 DQ Mixed 1,359 1,038% 1,410 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 178GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 89 75 90 75 122 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 180 Write 102 Mixed 306 SusWrite 147 42% 184 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 29.9 133% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 169 161% 249 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 105 105 105 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 102 Write 102 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 105 66% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 58%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 924GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 193 186 190 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 147 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 188 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.9% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 85%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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