Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	114% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '19 at 04:29
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 301 92% 172 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 578 71% 544 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3033 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 102 Parallax 92.7 91% 102 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 87.3 79% 98 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 434 287 104 109 110 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 443 Mixed 377 SusWrite 221 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 63.1 210% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 108 108 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 152 Write 148 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 107 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK8GX4M2A2133C13 24GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 78%

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

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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	552x
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	173x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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	47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $273	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16