Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	50% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	306% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '17 at 07:45
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 775 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1410 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50% Average	Lighting 60.4 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 78.9 49% 70.8 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 59.6 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 53%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4729 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8 7% 9.34 fps	MRender 10 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 238GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,810 Write 1,833 Mixed 1,777 473% 2,140 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 40.5 233% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 56.1 DQ Write 560 DQ Mixed 241 206% 286 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 353%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 719GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 117 6608 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1492 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 219251 (C2) HDA temperature 121 99 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.3% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 104 Mixed 75.6 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.23 63% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.6% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.2 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 106%

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

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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 $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