Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	228% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '17 at 11:56
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 155 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 842 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.38% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 8.28 6% 9.16 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 14.7 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.38% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,392 Write 1,195 Mixed 1,397 366% 1,661 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 23.7 190% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 23.4 43% 79.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
Toshiba THNSNC128GMMJ 128GB 29GB free Firmware: CJSA0201 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5096 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 575620646186 (AA) Unknown 100 100 55851090002 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4333175182 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 75 53 201864249369 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	41.3% Average	Read 199 Write 181 Mixed 197 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 12.6 69% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.8 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 12.6 20% 35.1 MB/s

WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 119GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 371 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 366 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 451 (C2) HDA temperature 118 104 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.1% Very good	Read 120 Write 139 Mixed 140 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.34 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 108%
WD Black 750GB (2008)-$140 11,698 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 67GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 226 7241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1832 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1827 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1832 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Below average	Read 70.3 Write 68.5 Mixed 70.7 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.54 137% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3111 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 27.9 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 29.8 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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