Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '19 at 14:08
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 234 88% 153 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 514 67% 506 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 74.8 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 66.6 61% 73 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 73.3 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 67 86 64 58 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 466 Write 355 Mixed 297 SusWrite 76.8 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 2.8 62% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 23.7 66% 138 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 71%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 237GB 3,335 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 159GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 419 430 438 429 435 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 498 Write 404 Mixed 395 SusWrite 427 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 14.5 51% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 47.8 102% 204 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 145 138 132 110 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 150 Write 145 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 120 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x8GB 30,824 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	40.8% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.1 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 42%

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

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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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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