Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics73.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive119% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-K  (all builds)
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180622
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 24 '18 at 16:39
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User SAU-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
92.7% Outstanding
Memory 93.6
1-Core 143
2-Core 281
96% 173 Pts
4-Core 493
8-Core 787
79% 640 Pts
64-Core 783
48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 92.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000
Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.84
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.4% Very good
Lighting 89.3
Reflection 97.8
Parallax 93.2
73% 93.4 fps
MRender 92
Gravity 86.6
Splatting 93.6
74% 90.7 fps
Poor: 64%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 70%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43
164GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E7FM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 685 635 483 210 209 216 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 640
Write 650
Mixed 583
SusWrite 406
128% 570 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 76.7
4K Mixed 40.1
139% 49.2 MB/s
DQ Read 527
DQ Write 614
DQ Mixed 396
347% 512 MB/s
Poor: 106%
This bench: 119%
Great: 210%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
253GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 172 171 173 170 172 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
96.7% Outstanding
Read 165
Write 157
Mixed 98.9
SusWrite 171
109% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 96.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
74.8% Very good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 21.4
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 29.3
SC Mixed 23.2
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 60.7
66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-K Builds (Compare 2,307 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $859
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HDDRAMUSB
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