Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	111% 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	70.2% 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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 15:59
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 160 2-Core 312 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 878 90% 725 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 5180) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2758 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 161 Parallax 148 119% 152 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 141 Splatting 117 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0705AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 15 (A3) Unknown 100 100 303 (94) Unknown 100 100 48214 (95) Unknown 100 100 681 (96) Unknown 100 100 506 (97) Unknown 100 100 651 (A4) Unknown 100 100 14740 (A5) Unknown 100 100 43 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34222821605399 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 66628 (F2) Unknown 100 100 115942 (F5) Unknown 100 100 87058 (F6) Unknown 100 100 96428 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	70.2% Very good	Read 490 Write 258 Mixed 273 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 23 109% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 13.9 21% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 680GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 278 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1320 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	105% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 162 Mixed 148 128% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.34 128% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 78%

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

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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	555x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 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: $665

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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