Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.3% 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)
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	37 GB free of 40 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 13:09
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 152 2-Core 290 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 511 72% 528 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8664) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1895 MHz, MLim: 2146 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 497.29 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 66.7 1% 23.6 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 60.6 Splatting 52.4 49% 60.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 357 Write 136 Mixed 157 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 27.1 120% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 96.4 85% 128 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 85%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 305GB free Firmware: GL001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 66 79 82 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 73.7 Write 64.8 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 77.8 43% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 CMW32GX4M2E3200C16 CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 40GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 29.9 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 29 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	555x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	206x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	175x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	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