Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.8% 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	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 22:47
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 552 73% 548 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 47.5 Parallax 42 40% 46.4 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 37.7 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 120GB 3,248 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0422C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 100 100 706 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 498 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 82 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 18056 (A5) Unknown 100 100 62 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 72575 (F2) Unknown 100 100 77750 (F5) Unknown 100 100 36112	71.1% Very good	Read 494 Write 228 Mixed 246 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 18.7 97% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 13 60% 137 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: HP34 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234040976 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 173075951 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10766 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2274 (B4) Unknown 100 100 970055853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 70 70 30 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 90699530270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 55 55 91571 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 -140737488355298 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	97.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 162 Mixed 152 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 30.7 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 37.2 SC Mixed 31 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

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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 $250Bench 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 $76Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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