Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	16.6% 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	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 19:41
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62% Good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 231 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 307 40% 302 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560-$180 23,273 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 1466) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1039 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.1 Reflection 22.3 Parallax 16.9 16% 19.5 fps	MRender 26.8 Gravity 19.4 Splatting 22.5 19% 22.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 286 291 276 277 270 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 312 Write 278 Mixed 242 SusWrite 266 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 35 113% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 298 224% 299 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 134%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 930GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 37 36 38 38 36 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 36 Write 34.5 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 35.8 46% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 22%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 118 118 120 121 117 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	48% Average	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 114 137% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 59%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 149 146 149 151 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 142 Write 134 Mixed 90 SusWrite 143 171% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 115% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD BLS16G4D240FSE.16FAD 32GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 83%

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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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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	932x
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 $273	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 $186	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