Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	117% 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	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 285 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 823 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3127 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 199 Parallax 200 155% 196 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 186 Splatting 125 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 231 226 224 226 222 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 375 SusWrite 248 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.8 210% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 109GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 451 314 243 243 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 483 Mixed 389 SusWrite 322 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 42.3 156% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 286 229% 320 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 99%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 633GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2438 2142 1133 1142 1139 1137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	344% Outstanding	Read 2,568 Write 2,386 Mixed 1,630 SusWrite 1,522 454% 2,027 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 89.8 301% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,292 DQ Write 1,171 DQ Mixed 1,188 903% 1,217 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 344% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 318GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 108 108 106 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 130 Write 125 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 108 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 70%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 5TB 546 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 183 180 178 179 181 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 26.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 28.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 101%

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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 $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 $184	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