Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 05 '20 at 17:43
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 616 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 126 Reflection 137 Parallax 78.8 102% 114 fps	MRender 68.8 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 83.3 64% 77.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKKW010T8 1TB 3,058 User benchmarks, average bench 248% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,027 Write 993 Mixed 852 214% 958 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60.6 201% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 873 DQ Write 718 DQ Mixed 801 598% 797 MB/s
Poor: 165% Great: 302%
Crucial_ CT525MX300SS 525GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 28GB free Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 335 207 106 22 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 249 Write 259 Mixed 296 SusWrite 178 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 19.5 64% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 149 112% 149 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 30GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 126 138 132 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 108 Write 61 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 132 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 112%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 98GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 95 97 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 95.7 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 222GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 155 154 155 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 104 Write 96 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 154 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 2GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 4.2 4.6 2.1 1.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 65.5 Write 21 SusWrite 3.7 28% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.1 90% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.6% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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 $95Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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