Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	33.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	196% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '17 at 01:13
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 536 71% 532 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.1% Below average	Lighting 25 Reflection 74 Parallax 63.8 20% 54.3 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 69.5 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 147GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 148169201 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -24635932408787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 41 64427196442 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 64427196442 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 148169201 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 148169201 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 148169201 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294963710 (EA) Unknown 0 0 402 (F1) Unknown 0 0 402 (F2) Unknown 0 0 396 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1835027	63.9% Good	Read 469 Write 200 Mixed 279 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 10.6 99% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 47.6 55% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 2,140 Write 1,148 Mixed 1,422 346% 1,570 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 21.9 127% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 18.2 30% 54.6 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 210%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 618GB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 77502088 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4372635948 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29809 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4293302001 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 605683742 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14018 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 60129542174 (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	93.9% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 128 Mixed 102 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.26 92% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 29.2 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 29 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	935x
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	316x
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	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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