Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	240% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	42.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 01:12
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 561 75% 562 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB; EVGA 06G-P4-6161-KR CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 66.6 64% 73 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 70 Splatting 70.7 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,990 Write 1,448 Mixed 1,557 370% 1,665 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45 172% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 537 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 147 189% 343 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 207%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11696 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5373 (B1) Unknown 90 90 339 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 233 (F1) Unknown 99 99 45537352502	101% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 380 Mixed 427 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.4 150% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 77.1 119% 227 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 235 5150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1026 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2673 (C2) HDA temperature 121 114 31 (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	42.8% Average	Read 40.4 Write 108 Mixed 91.1 61% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$99 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 465GB free Firmware: GK8OA70M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 112 112 42984604181 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 15162 (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 96 96 29218 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 8221 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 19445 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 19445 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 261994119200 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 201	42.5% Average	Read 73.9 Write 73.7 Mixed 77.3 57% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 47%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 395GB free, PID null Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 42.1 Write 40.1 Mixed 22.5 43% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.26 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-16GTZ F4-3000C15-16GTZ Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 83%

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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