Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '19 at 18:56
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	29%

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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 263 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 770 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 113 Parallax 101 89% 108 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 93 78% 95.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 481 Write 464 Mixed 396 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 55.9 203% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 481GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 94 90 91 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	75% Very good	Read 170 Write 144 Mixed 85 SusWrite 91.4 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 29.3 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 38.5 SC Mixed 28.8 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	933x
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	315x
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	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: $867

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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