Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.1% 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 Drive	121% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 11 months ago, 3 months ago, 1 month ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 07:10
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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-$251 159,185 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 533 73% 537 Pts	64-Core 536 36% 536 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$269 130,497 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3025 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 339 Reflection 265 Parallax 321 89% 308 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 295 Splatting 200 82% 241 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$135 553,100 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 320 318 371 343 382 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 449 Mixed 377 SusWrite 333 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 62.2 210% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$59 149,629 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 142 143 142 139 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 167 Write 100 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 141 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 73%

Battleship

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 63%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $379Bench 88%, 434,135 samples	416x
Core i5-7600KIntel $251Bench 84%, 159,185 samples	211x
Core i7-6700KIntel $278Bench 84%, 437,946 samples	56x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 913,064 samples	143x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 102%, 770,090 samples	118x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 131%, 572,790 samples	91x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $135Bench 112%, 553,100 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 104%, 699,388 samples	51x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $122Bench 114%, 250,009 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 83%, 388,993 samples	71x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $66Bench 86%, 298,754 samples	39x
CL16-16-16 D4-3000 2x4GBGEILBench 89%, 48 samples	20x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $1,154

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $193	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $43
Intel Core i5-9400F $140	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $299	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $510	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $47

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $66	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28