Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.4% 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	118% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '20 at 04:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 146 2-Core 284 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 792 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 794 49% 794 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro RTX 4000 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Nvidia(10DE 12A0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.92 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 124 Parallax 120 93% 120 fps	MRender 162 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 104 97% 122 fps
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 277 245 211 195 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 481 Mixed 381 SusWrite 236 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.4 217% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Crucial MTFDDAK1T0TDL-1AW1ZABHA 1TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 443GB free Firmware: HPC0032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 369 482 483 488 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 484 Mixed 389 SusWrite 437 98% 432 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.2 196% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 354 265% 354 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 115%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 996GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 95 95 95 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 97 Write 85 Mixed 69 SusWrite 94.1 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.5 126% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 591GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 198 198 198 196 198 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 119 Write 159 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 195 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 65% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 30.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 30.2 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 115%

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

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16