Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	137% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 08:28
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 770 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 214 Parallax 238 121% 200 fps	MRender 257 Gravity 220 Splatting 144 162% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 169 162 135 116 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 969 Write 348 Mixed 346 SusWrite 149 99% 453 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 55.3 203% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 276 292% 486 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 144%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 96GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 541 62 29 91 98 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,319 Write 1,195 Mixed 971 SusWrite 151 203% 909 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 81.9 289% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 908 DQ Mixed 272 352% 622 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 295%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 100 105 105 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 99 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 103 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 73%
WD WD100EMAZ-00WJTA0 10TB 2,620 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 8.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 196 193 192 202 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 212 Mixed 102 SusWrite 197 130% 177 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1 295% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.5% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.9 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 104%

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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