Asus Z270-DRAGON

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	110% 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	131% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z270-DRAGON (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '21 at 18:04
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 633 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 147 Parallax 135 117% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 122 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 528 481 543 533 517 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 907 Write 779 Mixed 474 SusWrite 515 150% 669 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 37.4 135% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 422 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 327 290% 430 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 372%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 137GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 97.7 Write 96 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 59.3 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 296GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 91 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 99.8 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 63%
Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 1TB-$84 9,234 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 447GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 93 93 92 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 98 Write 96.7 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 92.4 62% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G6E1 Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26.3 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 48: 4R 6G 10B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
48%	24%	84	106	9	60	24.1"	1920 1200	DELA0B9 DELL U2415

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Typical Z270-DRAGON Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	7x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $99Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $427

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