Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '19 at 18:23
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 496 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 3351) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 38.2 38% 38.5 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 41.7 Splatting 36.6 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 235 226 128 104 121 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 410 Write 424 Mixed 338 SusWrite 195 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 21.4 114% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 137 116% 173 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 92%
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 166GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 155 156 159 147 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 327 Write 197 Mixed 232 SusWrite 155 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.4 173% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 208 167% 238 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 553GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 48 49 48 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 79 Write 73.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 48.8 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 924GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 103 104 102 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 102 68% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 18.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 104%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	942x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	453x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $644

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16