PC Intel Z270

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.6% 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	204% 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	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.

Run History

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System	PC Intel Z270 (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK PRIME Z270-K
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '21 at 17:30
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 71.7 1-Core 68.4 2-Core 200 62% 113 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 552 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C755) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 106 Parallax 123 97% 116 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 112 Splatting 102 102% 129 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 320 319 323 322 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,385 Write 1,274 Mixed 874 SusWrite 347 216% 970 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 72.9 250% 88.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,248 DQ Write 1,025 DQ Mixed 1,009 790% 1,094 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 236%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 698GB free Firmware: JF4OA200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 117 121 121 118 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 122 Write 123 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 117 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CTD 1x16GB 6,582 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 97.4 41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 52%

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Typical Intel Z270 Builds (Compare 53 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 82%

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Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 70%

Battle cruiser

System: PC Intel Z270

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	26x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	9x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	14x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	8x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 2TBIntelBench 307%, 9,880 samples	6x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	6x
Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $95Bench 437%, 23,469 samples	4x

RAM
CM4X8GF2133C13K4 2x8GBCorsairBench 68%, 2,981 samples	13x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	6x
CM4X8GF2666C16K4 2x8GBCorsairBench 79%, 1,887 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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