Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 158% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	159% 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	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '20 at 06:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 159 2-Core 312 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 589 8-Core 880 91% 734 Pts	64-Core 874 54% 874 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 219 Reflection 229 Parallax 222 179% 223 fps	MRender 264 Gravity 218 Splatting 141 163% 208 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 89 105 61 25 26 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 392 Write 188 Mixed 20.6 SusWrite 74.2 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 24.3 132% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 28.7 71% 148 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 76%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 91GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 472 473 480 482 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 469 Mixed 381 SusWrite 475 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 55.5 199% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 77.2 DQ Mixed 66 59% 90.9 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 121%
General UDisk 2GB 1,991 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	3% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 1 Mixed 2 SusWrite 1.7 3% 3.47 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.2 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 104%

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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 $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: $686

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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