Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (87%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	21.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 19:21
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	42.2% Average	Memory 50.9 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 115 46% 79.4 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 211 26% 202 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 160 Parallax 155 118% 153 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 75.6 67% 83.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4046 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 847 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40776784 (AE) Unknown 100 100 160 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 206 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5631 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4324 (F9) Unknown 100 100 408861829	67% Good	Read 428 Write 276 Mixed 340 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 10.3 91% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 11.4 51% 112 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 98%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 13GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897747140 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10351 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2829 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2976 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2976 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 223338823717 (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	49.1% Average	Read 87.3 Write 83.7 Mixed 85 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.24 65% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x8GB-$25 19,648 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	21.5% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 4.7 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 47%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	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