Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	137% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	41.9 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 21:16
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 516 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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 (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.7 Reflection 74.9 Parallax 65.6 63% 72.7 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 68 57% 69.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% 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: 173 836 739 291 426 286 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 893 Write 202 Mixed 561 SusWrite 458 117% 528 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 45 160% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 241 256% 441 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 207%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 237GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 300 123 113 122 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 376 Write 170 Mixed 239 SusWrite 163 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 44.9 160% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 127 135% 228 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 116%
BPXP 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 443GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1329 1399 1050 1050 1052 1050 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,049 Write 1,053 Mixed 860 SusWrite 1,155 232% 1,029 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 60.1 226% 87.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,680 DQ Write 1064 DQ Mixed 1,338 1,007% 1,361 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 242% 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 Write 10.3 Mixed 9 13% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 35% 2.3 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: 8.1 8.6 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 22.7 Write 16 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 8.4 19% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 34% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.78% 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)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 83%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	952x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	457x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	321x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	296x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	263x

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 $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $651

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