Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	245% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '17 at 08:27
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 584 78% 581 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 21.8 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 20.5 18% 19.9 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 23 Splatting 17.2 17% 21.9 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,190 Write 1,095 Mixed 1,165 326% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 46.2 224% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 629 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 238 259% 437 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3849 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 315 (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 97 97 1388 (0A) Spinup retry count 106 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1440 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 244814381093 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 494 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 562 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88.4% Excellent	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 166 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.22 117% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 7798796 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 135 135 17206477205 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3570 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6846 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6846 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210454642722 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1783	66.8% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 106 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 73%
Drobo Gen3 17.5TB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 14TB free, PID 3344 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 213 Write 195 Mixed 196 256% 201 MB/s	4K Read 1.83 4K Write 5.15 4K Mixed 1.02 217% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 2x8GB 3,744 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 85%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	934x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
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	293x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	259x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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	61x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $859

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) $35	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