Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	135% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '19 at 01:29
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	58%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 549 65% 502 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 68 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 60.2 55% 65.7 fps	MRender 71.9 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 69 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 256 235 229 216 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 786 Write 832 Mixed 770 SusWrite 277 150% 666 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 50.5 186% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 618 DQ Mixed 564 447% 623 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 141%
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$53 30,265 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 60GB free Firmware: E8FK11.R Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 264 264 266 265 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 718 Write 828 Mixed 756 SusWrite 306 147% 652 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 52.9 189% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 702 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 586 457% 631 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 141%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 217 221 218 229 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 276 Mixed 274 SusWrite 216 65% 293 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49.2 187% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 254 197% 271 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 95%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 116 134 135 137 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 390 Write 150 Mixed 200 SusWrite 131 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.7 168% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 159 121% 163 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 113GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 145 143 145 146 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 110 Write 61 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 143 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 2x8GB 7,412 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33.6 MC Mixed 28.4 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 26.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 90%

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

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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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16