Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-AR  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateNov 29 '18 at 01:13
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 86.6
1-Core 150
2-Core 286
95% 174 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 792
77% 630 Pts
64-Core 810
50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 165
Reflection 150
Parallax 182
135% 166 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 165
Splatting 119
108% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
351GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 444 467 478 453 293 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 508
Write 487
Mixed 456
SusWrite 429
106% 470 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 59.5
202% 72.6 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 360
272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 126%
Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
284GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP73
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 106 95 103 109 109 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
49.8% Average
Read 70.7
Write 80.8
Mixed 52.3
SusWrite 103
56% 76.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 49.8%
Great: 88%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB
84GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 141 129 129 115 117 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
39.7% Below average
Read 14.2
Write 111
Mixed 85
SusWrite 124
62% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 39.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 2133 C14 Series 2133 C14 Series 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
62.5% Good
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 23.7
MC Mixed 19.6
62% 21.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 19.6
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 70.8
56% 70.8 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME Z270-AR Builds (Compare 1,085 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $685
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