Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.5% 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)
Boot Drive	85.9% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '17 at 15:17
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 284 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 791 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 680-$360 38,995 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Asus(1043 83F0) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.5% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 36.9 Parallax 48.8 32% 41.5 fps	MRender 49.8 Gravity 43.6 Splatting 34.4 34% 42.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 35%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1618 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1712 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 58 (A3) Unknown 100 100 33 (A4) Unknown 100 100 43566 (A5) Unknown 100 100 99 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 170 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2146753 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 10 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 364145 (F2) Unknown 100 100 464089 (F5) Unknown 100 100 697056	85.9% Excellent	Read 508 Write 412 Mixed 462 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 29.2 108% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 48 65% 123 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 108%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 60GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30168 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5111 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 19 19 4081 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 71524867117761 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 225 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 19 19 81 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	36% Below average	Read 345 Write 138 Mixed 176 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 4.62 50% 12.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 62%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 479GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 176 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13288 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5595 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 864 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12423 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 94.7 Mixed 99.5 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.43 107% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$123 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 113%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	552x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	204x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	173x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	27x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $685

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16