Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 16 '20 at 02:17
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 292 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 570 72% 547 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3775) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2189 MHz, MLim: 2223 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 86.3 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 73.9 70% 80.9 fps	MRender 80 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 75 63% 76.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2CW120A3 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 212 198 199 197 185 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 463 Write 442 Mixed 376 SusWrite 217 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 63.9 215% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 242% 285 MB/s
Poor: 97% Great: 130%
Patriot Burst 480GB 16,899 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 96GB free Firmware: SBFMK1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 38 20 56 14 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 299 Write 150 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 30.9 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.5 30% 7.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 212GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 118 119 119 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 155 Write 141 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 119 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 893GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 100 100 97 98 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 93.2 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 98.6 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 34.1 110% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 30.5 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

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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	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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $649

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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16