Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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 Drive	215% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 17:15
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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)	96% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 576 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 153 Parallax 127 115% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 184GB free Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11960 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2641 (E8) Unknown 100 100 28102360745 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	80.6% Excellent	Read 260 Write 389 Mixed 288 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 26.8 116% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 81.8 110% 199 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 87%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 183GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^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 2555 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1004 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 59 176094445595 (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 38 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2397325120 (F7) Unknown 100 100 75081243 (F8) Unknown 100 100 12550222	92.2% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 324 Mixed 388 91% 412 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 33.9 140% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 54.2 82% 151 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 97%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 2,052 Write 1,046 Mixed 1,106 308% 1,401 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 42.2 191% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 123 129% 215 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 44GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4940 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1439 (B1) Unknown 96 96 64 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 137 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17012553343	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 409 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 44.4 172% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 108 125% 218 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.6 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 91%

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Gaming 71%

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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