Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 13:15
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 285 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 812 84% 674 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 115 Parallax 101 86% 107 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 96 Splatting 91.9 77% 94.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 536GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	358% Outstanding	Read 2,865 Write 2,031 Mixed 1,975 508% 2,291 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 82.2 295% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 591 DQ Mixed 303 318% 525 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 358% Great: 363%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (A5) Unknown 100 100 589831 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 38 266287972398 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8590131203 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 60 (EA) Unknown 100 100 72 (F1) Unknown 253 253 71 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.4% Very good	Read 513 Write 262 Mixed 265 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 5.64 101% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 5.74 72% 167 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 86%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 117GB free Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 100 53 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (A6) Unknown 100 100 91 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 143 (A9) Unknown 100 100 134 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 129 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 100 304942678066 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1116 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10388 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5119 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4154	66.9% Good	Read 498 Write 178 Mixed 260 68% 312 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 3.74 109% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 27.4 54% 108 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 71%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 851GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106037560 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1221 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50705843 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (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 68 54 555745312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24526 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 25769803808 (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 -83519934034230 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18767571632 (F2) Unknown 100 253 485940721947	90% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 170 Mixed 129 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.53 184% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-075.A00G 1x16GB 457 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 12.9 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 47%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $858

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