Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '23 at 23:37
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 VH 9,708 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 (60^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 702 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 137 Parallax 140 104% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 117 100% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 461 410 346 332 322 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 426 Mixed 398 SusWrite 387 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 55.7 182% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 62GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 437 438 451 376 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 431 Mixed 420 SusWrite 390 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 46.2 157% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 270 226% 327 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2800 C16 Series 2x16GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 93%

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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	67	59	144	24.5"	1280 720	AOC2590 2590G4

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	553x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	206x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	174x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
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	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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $662

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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