Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170113
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '17 at 21:31
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 654 76% 589 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 80.5 Parallax 67.9 68% 77.2 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 74.6 Splatting 73.7 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 60%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.52% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.72 6% 9.14 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.83 Splatting 16.2 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.52% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 1,259 Write 560 Mixed 807 193% 875 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 14.6 79% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.5 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 14.4 21% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 157%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 614GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 2441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 203 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 533 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1959 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 145 Mixed 146 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.23 107% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 28.8 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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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 $133	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