Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 13:36
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 251 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 502 62% 472 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 71.2 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 62.3 58% 68.9 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 69.4 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 61 61 167505231911 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9932	85.4% Excellent	Read 516 Write 427 Mixed 487 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 11.6 127% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 41.7 DQ Write 97.6 DQ Mixed 19.8 29% 53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 704GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 75 222374902 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 21 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 642780 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 61 639107110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 38 21 90194313254 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 3 222374902 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82691005349872 (F1) Unknown 100 253 618769299 (F2) Unknown 100 253 106530139	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 132 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.25 101% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 116 Write 110 Mixed 110 144% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 12.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 47%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	935x
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 $182	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) $30	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