Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57.1% 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	242% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 16:50
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 288 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 554 74% 554 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 71.2 Parallax 61.8 58% 68 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 66.8 55% 67.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,474 Write 1,351 Mixed 1,463 388% 1,763 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 33.7 190% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 45.6 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 22.8 42% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 142357088 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7326498 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5933 (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 43 3526808109094 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3914 (C2) HDA temperature 38 57 81604378662 (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 -88656714918652 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5397761340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 167697155665	72.8% Very good	Read 93.7 Write 159 Mixed 140 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.78 207% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 867GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128843703 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7028 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63823522 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 42255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 810 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 28 (BD) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BE) vendor-specific 56 39 -3553886164 (C2) HDA temperature 44 61 55834574892 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 20 128843703 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 50384261374400 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2172171119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3399672023	42.2% Average	Read 88.1 Write 58.7 Mixed 54.9 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 70%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 304GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 156 5650 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5852 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5824 (C2) HDA temperature 113 89 37 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	47% Average	Read 90.3 Write 73.1 Mixed 82.8 62% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 51%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 203GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 158 5583 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14714 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57396 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14469 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	27.3% Poor	Read 50 Write 44.8 Mixed 51.4 37% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 51%

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 @ 3111 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 29.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 30.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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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	296x

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 $92Bench 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 $179	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