Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	146% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 17:08
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 145 2-Core 292 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 527 72% 534 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 221GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6659 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4088 (A5) Unknown 100 100 292104372864 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 75 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1010 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 53 227634380828 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3315748307716 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2318 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6586 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5360 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6292 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.9% Very good	Read 461 Write 323 Mixed 326 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 19.1 99% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 51.8 100% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 101%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,313 Write 564 Mixed 785 195% 887 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 39.3 140% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 98.2 145% 266 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 151GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5857 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3933 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 933 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25865331539	107% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 406 Mixed 418 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 42.7 153% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 111 140% 252 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: DEM9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 243832120 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 136 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1234161 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 48 437649434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 471 (C2) HDA temperature 26 52 68719476762 (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 -51642686766983 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1438034714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18780906038 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	64.8% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.72 208% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 28.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

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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	938x
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 $97Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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