Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.2% 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	135% 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

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 05:59
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$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)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 583 78% 583 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 39.5 38% 39.8 fps	MRender 37.9 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 37.1 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 221GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6653 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4084 (A5) Unknown 100 100 292104241790 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 75 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1010 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 53 227634380827 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3311453340419 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2318 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6569 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5345 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6281 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.8% Very good	Read 452 Write 327 Mixed 326 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 19.5 95% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 51.8 100% 205 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 101%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,295 Write 532 Mixed 786 191% 871 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 32.3 113% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 95.6 142% 260 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 151GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5852 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3929 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 933 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25830090621	109% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 399 Mixed 420 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 46.2 162% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 108 139% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: DEM9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 202283568 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 132 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1178783 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 72 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 421003289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 456 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 68719476761 (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 78756815306866 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1394449954 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18747684163 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	64% Good	Read 109 Write 113 Mixed 109 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.73 210% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 28.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 27.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 87%

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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 $242Bench 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: $859

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