Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '19 at 05:03
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 292 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 498 63% 476 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 192 Parallax 177 148% 183 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 177 Splatting 124 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,908 Write 6,308 Mixed 6,297 1,521% 6,838 MB/s	4K Read 621 4K Write 259 4K Mixed 358 1,536% 412 MB/s	DQ Read 1,731 DQ Write 1,391 DQ Mixed 1,531 1,154% 1,551 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 178GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 87 75 91 74 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 416 Write 263 Mixed 323 SusWrite 142 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 30.1 132% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 167 160% 250 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0006HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 105 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 104 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 58%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 924GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 174 176 195 195 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 147 Mixed 32 SusWrite 186 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.3% 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 @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 23.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 85%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	553x
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	174x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16