Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.6% 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	54.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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	12.3 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 23:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 291 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 565 75% 563 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.4% 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)	93.6% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 114 97% 118 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 101 Splatting 84.3 87% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 71 71 87 69 84 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 434 Write 250 Mixed 139 SusWrite 82.5 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 16.3 90% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 57.9 DQ Mixed 13.2 37% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 86%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 129GB free Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 714 540 509 508 509 682 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1977 Write 497 Mixed 332 SusWrite 577 184% 846 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 87.4 304% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 1,162 DQ Mixed 471 486% 776 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 318%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 214GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 190 Write 190 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 108 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.1 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 25.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% 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 $40Bench 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 $40	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