Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-AR  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 10 '20 at 19:43
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 91.8
1-Core 96.6
2-Core 283
85% 157 Pts
4-Core 456
8-Core 788
75% 622 Pts
64-Core 783
48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 137
Parallax 130
109% 133 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 129
Splatting 103
90% 110 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 102%
Great: 101%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 240GB
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFM61.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 68 65 99 46 77 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
39.8% Below average
Read 443
Write 128
Mixed 259
SusWrite 96.2
51% 232 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 33.7
4K Mixed 18.4
42% 17.6 MB/s
DQ Read 40.9
DQ Write 49.1
DQ Mixed 96
58% 62 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 87%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
494GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 155 159 171 172 172 MB/s
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
94.8% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 140
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 165
89% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.5
131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 94.8%
Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
829GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 167 167 168 169 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
97% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 166
Mixed 106
SusWrite 168
112% 153 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.2
238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 97%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 2400 C15 Series 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.6% Average
MC Read 14.1
MC Write 13.9
MC Mixed 11.2
37% 13.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 13.8
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 64.4
62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-AR Builds (Compare 1,088 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $665
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