Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	182% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 20:23
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 794 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 171 Parallax 179 150% 178 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 155 Splatting 115 121% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 704 863 928 970 962 1048 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,058 Write 354 Mixed 696 SusWrite 912 168% 755 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 51.1 196% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 433 DQ Mixed 611 435% 560 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 219%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 174GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 452 471 475 481 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 463 Mixed 397 SusWrite 464 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 49 176% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 187 186 188 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 147 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 187 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 32GB-$88 406 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 26GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 48 48 49 49 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 181 Write 47.7 Mixed 39 SusWrite 45.2 83% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 91% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 28.5 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 27 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 106%

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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	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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	50x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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