Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	94.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '23 at 09:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$370 634,862 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 262 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 722 73% 590 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$200 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 108 Parallax 107 76% 103 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 103 Splatting 101 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$70 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 89 92 82 86 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 427 Mixed 386 SusWrite 125 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 49.3 164% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$80 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 181 182 181 182 181 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 120 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 181 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 112 111 113 110 110 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 77.6 Write 94.3 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 106 65% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 158% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$50 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 19.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 21.3 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	27"	2560 1440	BNQ7F76 BenQ EX2780Q

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $370Bench 84%, 634,862 samples	433x
Core i5-7600KIntel $225Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	160x
Core i7-7700Intel $275Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	56x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	139x
GTX 1080Nvidia $323Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	106x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $325Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	39x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $60Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	21x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $882

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $315	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $420	Crucial MX500 250GB $31
Intel Core i5-12600K $224	Nvidia RTX 3060 $350	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $106
Intel Core i5-12400F $153	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $830	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $41	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16