Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	130% 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '21 at 06:56
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 214 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 627 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 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: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.4% Below average	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 33.7 Parallax 47.9 21% 35.8 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 72.6 66% 82.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 36.4% 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: 1178 806 282 288 283 284 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 1,057 Write 1,205 Mixed 939 SusWrite 520 209% 930 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 46.7 138% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 244 186% 257 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 230%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 281GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1517 729 285 275 221 311 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,288 Write 1,587 Mixed 1,390 SusWrite 556 272% 1,205 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 81.1 274% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,267 DQ Write 755 DQ Mixed 889 695% 970 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 295%
Amd-raid WDC WDS240G2G0A- 240GB 15,164 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 169GB free Firmware: UF220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 142 142 128 135 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 340 Mixed 170 SusWrite 153 196% 267 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 6.5 1,324% 7.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 160%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 576GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 144 145 145 148 147 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 151 Mixed 111 SusWrite 146 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 241GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 80 81 82 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 76.8 Write 66.1 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 80.5 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.3% 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 (88^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 28.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 106%

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Gaming 71%

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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