Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	200% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '20 at 00:55
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 580 77% 578 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 178 Parallax 162 132% 167 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 161 Splatting 114 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 609 663 725 782 841 847 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,309 Write 1146 Mixed 377 SusWrite 744 199% 894 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 63.7 214% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 843 DQ Write 751 DQ Mixed 641 523% 745 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 219%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 661GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 416 481 488 488 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 491 Mixed 424 SusWrite 446 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 53.7 194% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 126GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 262 228 281 287 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 492 Mixed 382 SusWrite 264 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 42.6 161% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 198 188% 295 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 154 159 156 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 183 Write 168 Mixed 107 SusWrite 156 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 9.5 4K Mixed 0.8 12% 4.67 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 10.4 DQ Mixed 1.1 2% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 23%
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 197GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2279 575 578 577 576 577 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,583 Write 2,388 Mixed 1,758 SusWrite 860 424% 1,897 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 94.7 320% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,855 DQ Write 1,671 DQ Mixed 1,694 1,290% 1,740 MB/s
Poor: 208% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 332%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 208GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 196 194 198 194 197 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 321 Mixed 304 SusWrite 200 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 32.7 142% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 262 212% 299 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 30.5 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 31.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

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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 $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