Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 02:57
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 137 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 521 70% 520 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 74.7 Reflection 73.6 Parallax 63.5 61% 70.6 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 72.6 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 147GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 152349281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -120542552128465 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 41 64427196445 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 64427196445 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 152349281 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 152349281 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 152349281 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963715 (EA) Unknown 0 0 407 (F1) Unknown 0 0 407 (F2) Unknown 0 0 400 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1835027	72.4% Very good	Read 498 Write 186 Mixed 255 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 16.1 114% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 51.4 76% 141 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 85%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 2,004 Write 263 Mixed 1,340 262% 1,202 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 33.4 147% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 22.3 69% 139 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 210%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 617GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80951952 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4372642393 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4294966365 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 605683744 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14023 (C2) HDA temperature 32 47 60129542176 (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 0	92.5% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 126 Mixed 105 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.33 104% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 29.1 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28.4 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 103%

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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	939x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	261x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $636

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16