Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.24% 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	61.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 09:40
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 563 74% 559 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 04C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 820 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.24% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 9 Parallax 9.53 6% 8.72 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 8.48 6% 7.57 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.24% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1984 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 851 (64) Unknown 100 100 3085024 (65) Unknown 100 100 275072 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 909 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1317 (B7) Unknown 99 99 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 154620133404 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5471 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1604 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3943 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3435 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	61.7% Good	Read 448 Write 241 Mixed 245 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 8.8 68% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 5.98 61% 147 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 155 Mixed 138 113% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 97%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 259GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 36.4 Write 34.6 Mixed 35 45% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 44%

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 below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 52.1 77% 52.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
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 $94Bench 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: $847

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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