Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	156% 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 23:50
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 208 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 634 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% 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: 3840 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 85.2 78% 89 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 72.2 73% 92.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1188 1203 321 283 294 285 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,153 Write 1,210 Mixed 934 SusWrite 596 219% 973 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 52.3 202% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 247 187% 254 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 156% 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: 1532 1544 1786 1762 241 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 1,298 Write 1,302 Mixed 1,381 SusWrite 1,192 292% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 79.4 266% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1228 DQ Write 780 DQ Mixed 889 694% 966 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 295%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 151GB free Firmware: UF220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 147 141 138 147 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 341 Mixed 267 SusWrite 172 221% 298 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 6.4 1,340% 8 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 160%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 576GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 147 147 148 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 145 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 146 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 244GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 81 82 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 83.2 Write 74.5 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 81.5 55% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.4% 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 @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 26.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 27.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 106%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	27x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $660

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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