Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	160% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.9% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 20:58
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 280 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 770 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 8667) CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 235 Parallax 233 180% 229 fps	MRender 254 Gravity 223 Splatting 149 164% 209 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 151 90 93 106 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 404 Mixed 349 SusWrite 146 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.3 182% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 162 142% 217 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 42GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 329 327 312 312 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 493 Mixed 470 SusWrite 331 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 67.3 235% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 775GB free Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 480 486 490 496 496 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 496 Mixed 473 SusWrite 485 111% 493 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 68.8 237% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 364 274% 367 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 151 151 151 145 151 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 167 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 150 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.5 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 89%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	297x

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 $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $847

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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