Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 20:51
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 72.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 415 52% 397 Pts	64-Core 385 24% 385 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 119 Parallax 105 90% 111 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 101 Splatting 79.8 83% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$26 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 19 43 37 27 38 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.7% Poor	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 126 SusWrite 43.1 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 0.3 60% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 97.8 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 0.4 27% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 86%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 129GB free Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 616 481 494 493 490 506 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,536 Write 1,114 Mixed 568 SusWrite 513 207% 933 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43 158% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 416 295% 371 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 318%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 207GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 109 109 108 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 188 Write 187 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 108 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2133, 2400, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 18 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.7% 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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	932x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	315x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	259x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	116x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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	61x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $867

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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