Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '18 at 13:06
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 759 80% 639 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 129 Parallax 119 98% 123 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 114 Splatting 95 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A0A 250GB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5742 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (64) Unknown 100 100 6753429 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 93 93 81 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (B2) Unknown 100 100 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 228 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6652 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 0 51542622242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 99 39 139 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6889 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7767 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8891 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 1939881	111% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 470 Mixed 498 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.7 156% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 24.5 102% 227 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%
Kingston SM2280S3G2240G 240GB 3,414 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 21GB free Firmware: SAFM01.W Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 3081 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 367 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393229 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 54 35 279174119470 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1096 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1623 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2322 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 13 (F6) Unknown 100 100 445952	76.2% Very good	Read 527 Write 281 Mixed 356 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 13.5 122% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 51.5 46% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164211888 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9641899 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 577 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16944 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 43082816948663 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28158074390 (F2) Unknown 100 253 71784537534	106% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 164 Mixed 174 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.5 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 42%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
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 $95Bench 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: $858

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