Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 months ago, 2 month ago, 2 month ago, 2 month ago, 2 month 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%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i5-7600K-$251 124,193 User benchmarks, average bench 82% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	1-Core 139 2-Core 278 98% 209 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 533 73% 537 Pts	64-Core 536 36% 536 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$270 56,891 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3025 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 339 Reflection 265 Parallax 321 89% 308 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 295 Splatting 200 82% 241 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$87 375,272 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 (67^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: 79% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 135%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 112,784 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: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 24 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: 62% ↑ 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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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 60%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $378Bench 87%, 345,135 samples	1,725x
Core i5-7600KIntel $251Bench 82%, 124,193 samples	867x
Core i7-7700Intel $307Bench 75%, 121,955 samples	179x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 79%, 743,673 samples	718x
GTX 1080Nvidia $445Bench 104%, 551,254 samples	556x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 132%, 381,945 samples	375x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $87Bench 112%, 375,272 samples	290x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,075 samples	267x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 161,688 samples	253x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 84%, 283,947 samples	327x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 86%, 158,883 samples	162x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 14,433 samples	126x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,103

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $44
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24