Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '18 at 02:35
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 280 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 741 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 153 Parallax 142 115% 145 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3K87RA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 413 Mixed 326 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 2.6 98% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 178 158% 236 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 99GB free Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 449 460 449 435 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 429 Mixed 407 SusWrite 448 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 49.9 160% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 334 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 198GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 128 125 128 125 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 127 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 125 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 460GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 69 71 73 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 80 Write 71.7 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 68.8 50% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 90%

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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 $184	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