Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.89% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	130% 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	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 18:10
Run Duration	268 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 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 (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 780 83% 661 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.78 7% 9.7 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 512GB-$150 16,934 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 471 374 474 473 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 416 Mixed 403 SusWrite 456 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 62.9 218% 78.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 666GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1452 1513 1176 1532 1516 1521 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	350% Outstanding	Read 2614 Write 1,586 Mixed 1,287 SusWrite 1,452 386% 1,735 MB/s	4K Read 70.2 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 100 335% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,303 DQ Write 1,053 DQ Mixed 1,082 836% 1,146 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 350% Great: 354%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 561GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1382 1240 1241 1241 1243 1241 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1,598 Write 1,527 Mixed 687 SusWrite 1,265 284% 1,269 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 68.3 240% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,527 DQ Write 1,252 DQ Mixed 1,054 880% 1,277 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 302%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 341GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 134 136 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 173 Mixed 121 SusWrite 136 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.7 341% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 113%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 613GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 103 104 104 104 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 107 Write 113 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 103 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 82%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 301GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 83 83 84 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 68.6 Write 62.5 Mixed 35 SusWrite 82 45% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 924GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 128 126 130 128 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 127 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,442 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 112%

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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 $95Bench 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