Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 11:00
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 159 2-Core 305 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 879 90% 728 Pts	64-Core 859 53% 859 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2254 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 111 90% 112 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 321 318 307 293 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,116 Write 1432 Mixed 602 SusWrite 352 248% 1,126 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 194 4K Mixed 64 272% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 1259 DQ Mixed 748 682% 1,032 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 236%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 395GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2192 1120 962 954 956 962 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 1,215 Write 2,096 Mixed 1,476 SusWrite 1,191 339% 1,494 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 70.4 262% 99.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,698 DQ Write 1,348 DQ Mixed 1,456 1,108% 1,501 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 310%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 159 159 160 161 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 169 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 160 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 28.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 30.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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

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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 $242Bench 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 $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 $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: $686

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) $30	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