Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	117% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '20 at 08:44
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 276 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 567 75% 564 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C307) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2089 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 142 Parallax 121 109% 132 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 128 Splatting 109 92% 112 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$130 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 222 228 227 205 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 490 Mixed 375 SusWrite 236 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.1 212% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 341 262% 357 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 114%
512gb QLC SATA SSD 512GB 2,433 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 108GB free Firmware: S0918A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 164 19 44 45 18 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 517 Write 448 Mixed 389 SusWrite 103 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 29.4 145% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 0.4 63% 146 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 96%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 495GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 68 72 71 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 75 Write 46.8 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 69.5 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 33.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.9 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	555x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	206x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
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 $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	27x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16