Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (93%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 14:21
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 208 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 359 45% 341 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 76.3 Parallax 66.1 64% 73.5 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 72.1 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 115 113 116 113 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 240 Write 120 Mixed 164 SusWrite 115 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 27.9 110% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 122 90% 118 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 73%
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 44GB free Firmware: UI450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 27 87 77 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 424 Write 272 Mixed 244 SusWrite 100 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 16.8 70% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 42.3 47% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 52%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 66GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 57 57 58 59 69 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 99 Write 90.8 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 59.5 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 177 177 180 178 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 152 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 178 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 2x8GB 2,200 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 86%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	939x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	261x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	62x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $712

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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