Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 00:40
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	ISL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 744 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 72.1 62% 74.1 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 263 262 260 261 258 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,989 Write 1,418 Mixed 632 SusWrite 316 240% 1,089 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 61.4 242% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,243 DQ Write 1,227 DQ Mixed 924 780% 1,131 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 98GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 476 480 490 488 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 489 Mixed 378 SusWrite 483 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 50.4 187% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 350 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 111GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 154 154 154 153 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 483 Mixed 412 SusWrite 188 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 63.2 222% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 351 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$117 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.2 MC Mixed 28.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 27.8 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 113%

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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	938x
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 $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $269	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 $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