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 as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	87.2% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 20:54
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 260 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 506 59% 457 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 231GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3271 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 916 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 30 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7071413000	109% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.1 184% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 43.5 67% 119 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 110GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6391 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40825936 (AE) Unknown 100 100 22 (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 64 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2687 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2916 (F9) Unknown 100 100 116461479	95.2% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 369 Mixed 409 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 23.3 137% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 64.4 119% 235 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 98%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7580 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2571 (E8) Unknown 100 100 31144528093 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	87.2% Excellent	Read 426 Write 384 Mixed 394 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 26.3 132% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 21.4 59% 117 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 928GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9320 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4937 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5602 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2514 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159282204 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 3 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 39383	74.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 133 Mixed 136 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.48 122% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.5% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 19.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 10.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 108%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	943x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	453x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16