Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	279% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 10:21
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 780 80% 646 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 148 Parallax 125 116% 139 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 137 Splatting 106 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,733 Write 1,402 Mixed 1,481 412% 1,872 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 51.7 218% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 181 200% 340 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 254%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 379GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30416784 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 174 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 853574 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 98 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2078 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (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 -110183091010649 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1860268852 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27894994788	79.3% Very good	Read 121 Write 154 Mixed 125 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.88 225% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 111%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 789GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 129 Write 149 Mixed 120 173% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.16 54% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 80%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 343GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 39.1 Write 39 Mixed 6.39 33% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.33 33% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 50%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 183GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 40.1 Write 41.4 Mixed 27.5 46% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 4x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 25.5 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 24.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 97%

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

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Workstation 76%

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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 $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) $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