Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 09:27
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 654 65% 529 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 480-$500 3,874 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 1482) 1.5GB CLim: 725 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Lighting 24.6 Reflection 38.1 Parallax 27.3 20% 30 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 20 Splatting 28 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (64) Unknown 100 100 98800 (65) Unknown 100 100 20112 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 58 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 686 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 154620133410 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (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 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 189 (EA) Unknown 100 100 117 (F1) Unknown 100 100 173 (F2) Unknown 100 100 66 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1	61.1% Good	Read 468 Write 191 Mixed 216 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 9.07 76% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 19.2 64% 144 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 299GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90027668 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 330593548 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2981 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885360720 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 588513313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 21 90027668 (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 108495168884341 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4137167884 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1176981829	39.6% Below average	Read 79.7 Write 58 Mixed 72 53% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.48 104% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 68%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 2,149 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID null Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.96% Terrible	Read 9.15 Write 7.97 Mixed 7.12 10% 8.08 MB/s	4K Read 3.19 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.69 48% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.96% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 2x4GB 4,601 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 15.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 90%

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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	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	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 $279	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 $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