Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	193% 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	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.

Run History

5 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	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '19 at 18:04
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 770 78% 631 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 147 Parallax 137 115% 142 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 136 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 739 367 355 351 345 340 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,749 Write 1680 Mixed 660 SusWrite 416 250% 1,126 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 58.5 201% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 914 DQ Write 657 DQ Mixed 696 544% 755 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 254%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 111GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 120 119 116 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 122 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 119 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 111%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 176 172 174 176 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 135 Write 157 Mixed 120 SusWrite 175 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.8 415% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 103%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 930GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 40 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 39.2 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 40.6 47% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 50%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 4.9 12 11 3.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	4.8% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 24 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 8.7 23% 16 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0 13% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 4.8% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 4x8GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 97%

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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	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
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 $40Bench 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