Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


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 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 709 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Lighting 41.1 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 38.8 34% 37.4 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 39 Splatting 37.3 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 2,182 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 181 52 61 61 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 488 Write 579 Mixed 465 SusWrite 103 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 41 166% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 19.7 82% 174 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 108%
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 169GB free Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 851 733 291 123 157 176 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 828 Mixed 678 SusWrite 388 147% 653 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 41.9 170% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 669 DQ Mixed 516 408% 559 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 142%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 113GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 298 298 298 300 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 416 Mixed 381 SusWrite 317 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 55.4 196% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 111GB free Firmware: P1222A SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 68 39 40 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 452 Write 243 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 51.2 41% 190 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 7.9 4K Mixed 0.6 34% 9.23 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 71 72 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 100 Write 86 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 72.2 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 67%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 205GB free Firmware: 0007DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 100 100 102 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 101 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 13 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 91%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	942x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	453x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $644

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16