Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.54% 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	100% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 08:08
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 580 8-Core 572 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 226E) 1GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.54% Terrible	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 12.4 Parallax 13.8 9% 12.5 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 9.83 Splatting 13.7 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.54% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK960MAV 960GB 535 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 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 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4603 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1548 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (B4) Unknown 0 0 16523 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 80 58 180388626452 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27628145076 (F7) Unknown 100 100 867126617 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2111027144	100% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 430 Mixed 438 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 31 138% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 58.9 107% 213 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 98%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: CA12 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 115 99 94102875 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 429118886 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 303 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 79 57 353370133 (C2) HDA temperature 21 43 47244640277 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 45 94102875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 112 Write 100 Mixed 101 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.46 106% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 61%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 97GB free Firmware: 20.06C04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 186 5625 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20426 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4959 (C2) HDA temperature 128 100 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 1 2076326 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	30.4% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 52.7 Mixed 52.5 40% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.46 118% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 35%
WD WD2500JS-41SGB0 500GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 33GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 182 169 90770 (03) Spinup time 136 131 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2917 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2831 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 176 0	51.2% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 80.9 Mixed 71.5 62% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 62%
Maxtor 6L160M0 500GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 14GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21181762 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 30085860637 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5557 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2413 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 56 336658452 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 235 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 892 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 284810 (C2) HDA temperature 20 44 47244640276 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 42 21181762 (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 -76016626169560 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2557866797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9993537 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	29.9% Poor	Read 52.5 Write 51.7 Mixed 50.6 39% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.46 96% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 31.2 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 32 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	934x
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: $859

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