Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 16:58
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 98 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 174 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 801 63% 555 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.66 6% 9.47 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.67 Splatting 16.6 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 176 Parallax 237 116% 185 fps	MRender 239 Gravity 204 Splatting 139 153% 194 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1385 1182 986 890 840 785 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,266 Write 1,035 Mixed 1,182 SusWrite 1,011 305% 1,374 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 69.5 238% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 867 DQ Write 802 DQ Mixed 1,056 732% 908 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 393%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 67GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 434 426 422 421 217 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 464 Mixed 458 SusWrite 388 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 52.5 175% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 232GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 299 300 299 300 299 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 465 Mixed 416 SusWrite 313 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 53.9 181% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 26.7 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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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 $94Bench 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 $37Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $653

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16