Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	226% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '21 at 12:49
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 847 84% 688 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 130 104% 132 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 610 606 603 599 598 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,134 Write 956 Mixed 744 SusWrite 632 194% 867 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 78.7 267% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,456 DQ Write 1204 DQ Mixed 1141 906% 1,267 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 259%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 326GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 472 277 246 244 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 397 Write 434 Mixed 359 SusWrite 324 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.5 156% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 322 245% 330 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 98%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 137GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 297 297 297 297 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 485 Mixed 365 SusWrite 314 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 64.7 219% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 168 169 168 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 145 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 167 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 32GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 25.2 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	144	24"	1280 720	ACI24AE MG248

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	554x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	206x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	174x
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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $662

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16