Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	52.6% 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	250% 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	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 17:59
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$250 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 802 86% 688 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3081) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 65.7 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 76.9 54% 67 fps	MRender 57.6 Gravity 51.8 Splatting 72.6 51% 60.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 256GB-$225 3,223 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 238GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^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 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 13360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2745 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 192 192 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C2) HDA temperature 71 62 163209543709 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	89.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 472 Mixed 502 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 17.5 112% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 215 155% 188 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 106%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,340 Write 1,181 Mixed 1,359 358% 1,626 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 30.4 207% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 21.1 158% 369 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 2837360 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 30267541706 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3554 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 4295032905 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 61 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4212 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 10 2837360 (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 35072702956316 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3478341087 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1223643775	74.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 104 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 26.9 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	933x
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	315x
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	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: $867

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 $46

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