Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.49% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 17:53
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 44.4 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 167 56% 102 Pts	4-Core 229 8-Core 274 32% 252 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4551 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.49% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 6.28 6% 7.84 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 5.33 Splatting 14.4 8% 9.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.49% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 201 201 21493907736 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (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 12 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 176095297575 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 189 Mixed 181 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.24 115% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AN10003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 76 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 61 9664 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 403 (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 4717 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 60 201864511525 (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 100 100 6585	46.8% Average	Read 74.9 Write 88.1 Mixed 72.8 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.27 62% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 32GB 4,096 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 30GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	5.25% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 4.7 Mixed 8.89 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.87 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.89 47% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.25% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3143 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 35.2 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 183 22% 183 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 111%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	933x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	315x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	259x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	61x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $867

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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