Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.9% 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	243% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 16:32
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 784 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K620-$170 16,214 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Nvidia(10DE 1098) 2GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 377.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 14.8 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 10.9 12% 13.3 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 15.7 12% 13.8 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,145 Write 1,178 Mixed 1,610 364% 1,644 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 55.3 196% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 625 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 185 242% 437 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 210%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 665GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 202355731 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 769 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40992392 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 876 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 297 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098372 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 40 1499448606750 (C2) HDA temperature 30 60 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 33 202355731 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -43520903608659 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2397528066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1396100335	48% Average	Read 85.8 Write 81.3 Mixed 78.6 62% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.55 125% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 68%
WD 5000BEV External 500GB 979 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 75GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 37.8 Mixed 16.7 38% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.25 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 46,470 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 24.1 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 89%

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

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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	297x

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 $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	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 $177	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