Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '17 at 04:11
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 544 73% 544 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 69.1 64% 75.9 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 74.7 60% 73.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,265 Write 1,144 Mixed 1,378 351% 1,596 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 36.5 188% 75.8 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 19.8 146% 343 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 236%
Maxtor 7H500F0 500GB-$50 993 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 44GB free Firmware: HA431DD0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 187 173 19150 (04) Start/Stop count 252 252 3223 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 248 244 33207 (09) Power-on hours count 233 233 7216 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 247 247 2485 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 44 555352097 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 44 253 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 5319 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 1 0	38.5% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 71.1 Mixed 66.7 50% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.37 134% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3600 C17 Series 2x4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 49.5 MC Mixed 34.6 121% 42.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 48 SC Mixed 33.1 100% 35.1 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%

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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	561x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	209x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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	28x

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