Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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	105% 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	57.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 05:52
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 161 2-Core 324 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 632 84% 630 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 147 Parallax 127 111% 137 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 131 Splatting 109 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 180GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8240 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 474 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 68 53 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5993920414	116% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 394 Mixed 594 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 46 188% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 177 170% 268 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 180GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7670 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 472 (B1) Unknown 96 96 19 (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 68 43 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 83 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3462869764	91.4% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 269 Mixed 274 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 32.4 145% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 122 130% 220 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 149703332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 81509889345349 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 32 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 45 68722425886 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 68722425886 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 149703332 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 149703332 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 149703332 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4206 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3687 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3687 (F2) Unknown 0 0 897 (F4) Unknown 91 91 19136804	57.6% Above average	Read 421 Write 116 Mixed 150 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 8.3 107% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48.2 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 32.5 40% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 843GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 78 69 6957 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1408 (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 52237 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1250 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6415 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 43 244814053418 (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 43 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 63173	69% Good	Read 125 Write 115 Mixed 146 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.54 122% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2666 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,053 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 25.3 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 27.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

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

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	552x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	203x
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 $76Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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