Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 16:57
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 201 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 397 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.8E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 786434 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 4295294979 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 540 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 63 63 171800985637 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 659911168 (EA) Unknown 100 100 720760128 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 643269395 (F2) Unknown 100 100 580216957	64.1% Good	Read 493 Write 145 Mixed 227 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 17.9 112% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 95.5 DQ Mixed 19.4 27% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 921GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 11 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 35 (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	87.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.26 125% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 9GB free Firmware: D781 Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	24.3% Poor	Read 60.7 Write 24.4 Mixed 19.8 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.008 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 2% 0.01 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 92%
ADATA HD710 2TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free, PID a15a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 117 Mixed 120 151% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 4.01 4K Mixed 0.24 147% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 12.1 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.5 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 47%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	938x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $847

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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