Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 00:26
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 818 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 817 51% 817 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.7 86% 108 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12886278160 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 55 193273528359 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21475164165 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 43 (EA) Unknown 100 100 76 (F1) Unknown 253 253 57 (F2) Unknown 253 253 24 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61.8% Good	Read 423 Write 302 Mixed 121 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 4.87 86% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 4.84 20% 41.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$75 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 930GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2152 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1740 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 406398324 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1744 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 62 (BD) vendor-specific 52 52 48 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1749 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 8 2152 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58317065972034 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2071059080 (F2) Unknown 100 253 950651768	77.9% Very good	Read 136 Write 135 Mixed 116 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.56 112% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD2 2x8GB 3,240 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 88%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	556x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 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 $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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