Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics97.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive129% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-AR  (all builds)
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 16 '19 at 03:20
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
96% Outstanding
Memory 89.2
1-Core 144
2-Core 288
95% 174 Pts
4-Core 555
8-Core 782
84% 668 Pts
64-Core 789
49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 96%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
97.5% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 120
Parallax 114
103% 120 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 105
Splatting 85.5
87% 110 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 477 382 346 310 288 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
129% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 493
Mixed 378
SusWrite 381
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 65.4
223% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 345
DQ Mixed 359
270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 129%
Great: 134%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB
891GB free
Firmware: JA0OA5M0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 109 109 109 109 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
60.4% Good
Read 102
Write 107
Mixed 39
SusWrite 108
65% 89.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 60.4%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot PSD416G24002 PSD416G21332 32GB
2133, 2133 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
40.6% Average
MC Read 13.9
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 11.8
38% 13.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 12.7
38% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 42%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-AR Builds (Compare 1,084 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $694
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