Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	152% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '21 at 04:22
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 625 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3552 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.2% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 62 Parallax 59.9 54% 62.9 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 55.3 Splatting 49.8 54% 68.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1194 617 293 284 281 295 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,147 Write 1191 Mixed 963 SusWrite 494 213% 949 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 56 210% 85.9 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 245 184% 250 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 230%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 324GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 980 1403 1577 1175 229 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,301 Write 879 Mixed 1,390 SusWrite 942 254% 1,128 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 83.7 280% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,272 DQ Write 754 DQ Mixed 884 693% 970 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 295%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 151GB free Firmware: UF220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 160 139 142 138 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 260 Mixed 268 SusWrite 165 205% 276 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 6.5 1,422% 8.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 160%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 576GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 146 147 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 144 Mixed 104 SusWrite 146 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 244GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 80 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 82.2 Write 77.9 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 80.9 56% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB 2,724 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 28.2 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	552x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	204x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	173x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	27x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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