Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 168 2-Core 334 107% 198 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 904 97% 771 Pts	64-Core 938 58% 938 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1603 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 119 Parallax 117 89% 115 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 95.2 80% 98.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1058 1242 1346 835 1359 826 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,440 Write 1,186 Mixed 1,012 SusWrite 1111 266% 1,187 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 64.4 259% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 885 DQ Write 753 DQ Mixed 753 582% 797 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 242%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 100GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2592 Write 2357 Mixed 1,551 481% 2,167 MB/s	4K Read 75.2 4K Write 244 4K Mixed 109 382% 143 MB/s	DQ Read 1,790 DQ Write 1,650 DQ Mixed 1,666 1,265% 1,702 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR G.SKILL F4-2400C17-8GIS 08D9 16G-D4-2400-MR G.SKILL F4-2400C17-8GIS 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2640, 2640, 2640, 2640 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 103%

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

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
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	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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