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 (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	42.9 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 21:24
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (93^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 261 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 508 69% 511 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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)	61.6% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 74.8 Parallax 65.5 64% 72.7 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 71.3 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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: 20 657 914 907 1116 1076 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,202 Write 21 Mixed 41.2 SusWrite 782 111% 511 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 24.4 112% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 881 DQ Write 20.9 DQ Mixed 43.2 133% 315 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 207%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 237GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 366 403 116 94 68 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 350 Mixed 287 SusWrite 211 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 45.8 166% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 141 151% 255 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 116%
BPXP 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 443GB free Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1455 1083 1074 1071 1052 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,039 Write 1,048 Mixed 867 SusWrite 1,172 233% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 60.1 218% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,648 DQ Write 1,086 DQ Mixed 1,341 1,007% 1,358 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 241% 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 Mixed 9 13% 11.2 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 7.8 9.2 7.7 9.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.92% Terrible	Read 23 Write 18 Mixed 16.2 SusWrite 8.4 21% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.7 36% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.92% 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)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 20 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 83%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 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: $652

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369