Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.
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	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 16:58
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 766 72% 597 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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: 431.60 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 146 Parallax 137 114% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 136 Splatting 107 96% 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% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,696 Write 884 Mixed 653 236% 1,078 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 33.1 130% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 807 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 145 179% 339 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 94 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 65.5 Write 75 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 97.4 48% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 111%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 177 177 174 177 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 125 Write 167 Mixed 122 SusWrite 176 109% 147 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.8 338% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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 40 41 40 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 40 Write 38.8 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 40.2 44% 33 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 16.7% 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: 12 0 0 5.9 11 6.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.82% Terrible	Read 29 Write 19.2 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 5.8 23% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 6.82% 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)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.2 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 26 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 97%

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

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Typical PRIME Z270-K Builds (Compare 2,312 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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	297x

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 $95Bench 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 $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 $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