Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	93.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	458 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 121 2-Core 232 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 632 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 109% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 578 Write 458 Mixed 352 102% 462 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 14.2 101% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 43.1 108% 224 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 313%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 263GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11031 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1077 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12896174217 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 74 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 40 171799478301 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 279189651712 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2109 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2532 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2110 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3392 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73% Very good	Read 487 Write 187 Mixed 209 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 17 104% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 45.3 93% 193 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 108%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 183GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 2,263 Write 1,179 Mixed 1,169 338% 1,537 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 40.2 197% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 164 188% 324 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Intenso Ultra Line 16GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 11GB free, PID 0916 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 88.1 Write 9.94 Mixed 19.3 35% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.49 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.34 55% 3.06 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%
397 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 4.31 Mixed 7.13 10% 9.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.94 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.005 19% 1.65 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.2% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 105%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	297x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16