Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	249% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 01:43
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	32%

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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 781 72% 602 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 1842 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.6% Average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 44.3 38% 48.8 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 59.3 47% 58 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,486 Write 1,186 Mixed 1,381 370% 1,684 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 42.6 209% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 416 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 145 161% 275 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 379GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54535904 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 72494255 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2830 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 720907 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 773193767 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1037 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59635 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 51539607591 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -68912750257496 (F1) Unknown 100 253 50786794506 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56061632687	65.8% Good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 138 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.22 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 86GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 280 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5989 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 168 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 8640741927 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3980 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 50 50 50 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 3037246521380 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 -140737488355292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 21 280 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -52351356360028 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1608048332 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2547761946	48.7% Average	Read 84.7 Write 85 Mixed 81.4 63% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.71 122% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 1x4GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 14.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.8 SC Mixed 15.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: $670

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16