Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	161% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). 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	42.4 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '20 at 21:11
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 516 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 75.3 Parallax 64.6 64% 72.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 71.4 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 669 736 1072 1118 305 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 893 Write 1,098 Mixed 554 SusWrite 674 181% 804 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 43.8 155% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 896 DQ Write 768 DQ Mixed 615 520% 760 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 207%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 237GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 67 62 70 65 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 396 Write 220 Mixed 230 SusWrite 75.2 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 38.9 152% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 122 128% 217 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 116%
BPXP 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 443GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1763 1106 1102 1060 1058 1059 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1418 Write 1,918 Mixed 1,571 SusWrite 1,191 345% 1,524 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 78.2 255% 94.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,754 DQ Write 1,057 DQ Mixed 1,344 1,017% 1,385 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 267%
General UDisk 1GB 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 14.5 Write 10.3 Mixed 9 14% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 34% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 8%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.5 9.6 9.6 8.6 9.6 9.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Read 22.2 Write 2 Mixed 18 SusWrite 9.4 16% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 19% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-16GTZ F4-3000C15-16GTZ Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.6 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 83%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	944x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	453x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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