Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.7% 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	36% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '20 at 20:58
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 553 77% 568 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$287 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 113 97% 117 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 101 Splatting 84.3 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 115 51 40 46 49 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36% Below average	Read 192 Write 164 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 85.1 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 15 41% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 29.4 77% 157 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 86%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 129GB free Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 546 426 480 508 502 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1958 Write 517 Mixed 376 SusWrite 508 183% 840 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 90.2 296% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 1,264 DQ Mixed 471 501% 808 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 318%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 207GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 108 107 107 109 108 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 187 Write 186 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 106 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	947x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	454x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	320x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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	63x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16