Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	59.9% 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	88.4% 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	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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 872 90% 725 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1594 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 68.9 61% 75.6 fps	MRender 74.7 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 65.1 57% 70.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29295 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 942 (B1) Unknown 94 94 61 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 264 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27768254030	88.4% Excellent	Read 508 Write 352 Mixed 343 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 22.3 140% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.5 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 22.4 51% 98.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 29296 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 943 (B1) Unknown 95 95 55 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 264 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23913201975	90.7% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 353 Mixed 351 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 22.9 146% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 23 53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 894GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 19 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3474 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4237 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25935 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1134 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 253 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 214749347867 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3040 (DF) Load/unload retry count 96 96 4470 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 193827	45.3% Average	Read 78.8 Write 79 Mixed 73.1 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 59%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 162GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 177 5558 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7310 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (BE) vendor-specific 60 41 40 (C2) HDA temperature 110 91 40 (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	32% Below average	Read 55 Write 56.1 Mixed 52.3 41% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.51 123% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 28.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 31.4 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 49.1 82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%

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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 $242Bench 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: $686

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 $182	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