Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	42.2% 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	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	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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	19.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 01:50
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 236 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 464 58% 442 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62.3 49% 59.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2CW120A3 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 245 220 212 191 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 473 Mixed 384 SusWrite 234 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.4 209% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 355 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 130%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 288GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 98 97 97 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.7% Very poor	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 66 SusWrite 97.8 22% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 4% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 12%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 206GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 158 154 152 155 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 165 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 154 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 27.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	561x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	209x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	87x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	176x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	95x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 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	28x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $806

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369