Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	May 05 '17 at 14:21
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 156 2-Core 312 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 624 8-Core 623 83% 624 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 79.9 Parallax 69.3 67% 77 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 74.3 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0801C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^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 14 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 29 (A3) Unknown 100 100 19 (A4) Unknown 100 100 3580 (A5) Unknown 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (94) Unknown 100 100 3341 (95) Unknown 100 100 161 (96) Unknown 100 100 1 (97) Unknown 100 100 115 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10838 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10241 (F5) Unknown 100 100 28640	77.8% Very good	Read 516 Write 205 Mixed 266 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 25.7 125% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 34.6 63% 121 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221565952 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22868849 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572260386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4672 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 94489280546 (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 -130884833377596 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5607134257 (F2) Unknown 100 253 275180736140	105% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 167 Mixed 171 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 23.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	553x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	205x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	174x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	94x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	65x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	44x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	27x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16