Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 19:02
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 502 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 68.7 68% 78 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 76 62% 75.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 857 (B1) Unknown 96 96 46 (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 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14857969325
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 177 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 388 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 746 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	74.7% Very good	Read 135 Write 125 Mixed 118 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 460GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 142 7775 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4567 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1830 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94813 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 35 (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 200 200 0	48.7% Average	Read 91.9 Write 77.7 Mixed 88 65% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 347GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 176 5425 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5104 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1089 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23486 (C2) HDA temperature 118 106 32 (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 200 200 0	57.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.3 Mixed 107 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.17 85% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 84%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 191GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 21495611695 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 144 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2337 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8733 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8733 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 236224053280 (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	47.9% Average	Read 82.6 Write 84.3 Mixed 80 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 97%

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

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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	932x
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 $273	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 $186	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