Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	226% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-AR (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '20 at 21:46
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 716 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 70.2 66% 77.4 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 74.2 61% 74.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1224 304 302 309 306 311 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,453 Write 1458 Mixed 1260 SusWrite 459 311% 1,408 MB/s	4K Read 65.2 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 71.9 240% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 299 286% 474 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 794GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 302 297 299 290 286 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 507 Write 372 Mixed 288 SusWrite 298 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 36.6 133% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 221 167% 229 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 108%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 8TB 473 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 7.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 61 72 94 56 135 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46% Average	Read 153 Write 161 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 85.3 155% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.1 96% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 98%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 868GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 41 43 42 43 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 42.1 Write 41.6 Mixed 29.6 SusWrite 41.6 52% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 41%
FANTOM ST2000DL003-9VT1 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free, PID 1a40 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 41 43 42 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19.1% Very poor	Read 41.8 Write 42.9 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 42.1 54% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 71% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3866 C18 4x8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 27.5 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 28.7 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 120%

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Gaming 71%

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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	553x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	205x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	174x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	48x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16