Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 97.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '18 at 16:56
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 579 8-Core 614 79% 597 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1640 MHz, MLim: 1810 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 84.3 73% 87.4 fps	MRender 79.2 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 70.6 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4770 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1184 (B1) Unknown 96 96 82 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 56 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 39 (F1) Unknown 99 99 73464756969	103% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 402 Mixed 420 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 43.5 141% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 118 143% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 100 (03) Spinup time 223 169 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4734 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3817 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 571 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 141 141 177876 (C2) HDA temperature 134 109 16 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 1 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.9% Average	Read 111 Write 45 Mixed 42.9 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.13 60% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 67%
WD Elements 25A1 2TB 7,574 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 95.5 Write 89.4 Mixed 70.1 107% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.12 28% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 23 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 81%

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

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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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $45	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