Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.7% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 07:27
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 830 84% 681 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 137 106% 108 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 62.2 59% 74.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18992345386543 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2263 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 31 53 60133015583 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 955380 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 955380 (F2) Unknown 100 100 580204 (F9) Unknown 100 100 87371	78.7% Very good	Read 479 Write 210 Mixed 294 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 20.8 123% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 44.2 86% 175 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 465GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228092296 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 569 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8608797571 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1956 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 64424509469 (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 96250217105362 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14036885264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 153888931253	77.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 130 Mixed 125 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot PSD48G240081 2x8GB 3,770 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 89%

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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 $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 $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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