Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 08:59
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 124 2-Core 233 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 471 47% 382 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% PowerColor(148C 2358) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.2 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.1% Average	Lighting 55.6 Reflection 50.9 Parallax 67.5 45% 58 fps	MRender 53.8 Gravity 48 Splatting 68 48% 56.6 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12112 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1255 (B1) Unknown 93 93 76 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 33 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 1 348 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17442137824	45.2% Average	Read 499 Write 132 Mixed 169 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 27.2 4K Mixed 8.49 50% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 58.6 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 21.7 27% 46.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 73%
Samsung 830 512GB-$500 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28671 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2451 (B1) Unknown 94 94 214 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 42 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1662 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57539776760	54% Above average	Read 502 Write 320 Mixed 408 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 10.8 43% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 31.2 DQ Mixed 23.8 20% 28.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 85%
WD Elements 10A8 1.5TB 1TB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.5% Below average	Read 94.4 Write 81.4 Mixed 77.6 106% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.26 55% 0.69 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 102%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
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 $98Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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