Asus PRIME Z270-AR

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics128% 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 Drive221% 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.
Memory64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-AR  (all builds)
Memory41.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180314
Uptime5.9 Days
Run DateMay 04 '21 at 02:02
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 78.2
1-Core 126
2-Core 261
84% 155 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 707
69% 568 Pts
64-Core 749
46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 462.31
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
128% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 191
Parallax 199
142% 188 fps
MRender 138
Gravity 181
Splatting 127
120% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 128%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB
401GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT30Q.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1102 1444 1670 1353 110 236 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
221% Outstanding
Read 1,151
Write 1,623
Mixed 1,204
SusWrite 986
281% 1241 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 178
4K Mixed 79.5
270% 102 MB/s
DQ Read 545
DQ Write 857
DQ Mixed 918
634% 774 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 221%
Great: 305%
WD WD80EFBX-68AZZN0 8TB
1TB free
Firmware: 85.00A85
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 121 119 117 115 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
75.9% Very good
Read 146
Write 150
Mixed 87
SusWrite 117
92% 125 MB/s
4K Read 2.1
4K Write 5.9
4K Mixed 1.3
341% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 117%
D4-310 TerraMaster_DAS 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 211 233 232 231 231 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 51% Great: 74%
D4-310 TerraMaster_DAS 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 183 189 189 188 190 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 64GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
71.7% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 23.2
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 28.6
SC Mixed 21.1
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 83.9
48% 83.9 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 120%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-AR Builds (Compare 1,084 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-AR - $160

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $694
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