Asus Z270-DRAGON

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	215% 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 Z270-DRAGON (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '21 at 09:23
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 87 2-Core 238 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 465 62% 466 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1436) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 91% 109 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 103 Splatting 100 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 217 216 217 211 213 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,501 Write 1,088 Mixed 708 SusWrite 245 196% 885 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 79.4 270% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1447 DQ Write 1,074 DQ Mixed 984 810% 1,168 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 94GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 398 320 387 373 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 434 Mixed 364 SusWrite 340 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 55 196% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 278 229% 329 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 117%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 468GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1705 1711 1713 1703 1714 1537 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 1825 Write 1,707 Mixed 1,364 SusWrite 1,681 370% 1,644 MB/s	4K Read 64 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 88.1 300% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 1,118 DQ Mixed 433 507% 870 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 72GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 190 192 192 192 194 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 113 Write 81.6 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 191 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 114%
WD Elements SE 25FF 4TB 1,938 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 555GB free, PID 25ff Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 106 105 106 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 96.9 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 106 127% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 204% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 25.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.2 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus Z270-DRAGON

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	7x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	3x

SSD
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples	2x
MEMPEK1W016GA 14GBIntelBench 207%, 866 samples	2x
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $75Bench 200%, 52,084 samples	2x

RAM
CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Adata CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Adata 24GBCorsairBench 77%, 15 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	2x
CMW16GX4M2Z4000C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 96%, 1,531 samples	2x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $632

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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