Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.06% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	248% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 17:38
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (60^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)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 475 65% 482 Pts	64-Core 499 31% 499 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Dell(1028 0502) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	9.06% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 8.34 10% 9.87 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 8.33 Splatting 12.8 8% 9.74 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.06% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 370GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1164 721 710 664 706 668 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,713 Write 1,526 Mixed 1,412 SusWrite 772 304% 1,356 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 70.6 246% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 1584 DQ Write 949 DQ Mixed 1,190 907% 1241 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 284%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 291 296 285 275 267 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 462 Mixed 374 SusWrite 298 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.1 207% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 352 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 141GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 107 106 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 83.5 Mixed 55.1 SusWrite 105 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 108GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 107 108 108 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 93.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 107 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 9,275 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 24 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 25.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 86%

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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 $40Bench 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 $40	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