Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive83.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-K  (all builds)
Memory23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180622
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 09 '20 at 01:30
Run Duration211 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 86.8
1-Core 145
2-Core 273
93% 168 Pts
4-Core 490
8-Core 782
78% 636 Pts
64-Core 781
48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 140
Parallax 119
104% 129 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 133
Splatting 105
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 172 173 171 174 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
21.6% Poor
Read 188
Write 171
Mixed 108
SusWrite 172
36% 160 MB/s
4K Read 3.8
4K Write 9.6
4K Mixed 0.8
12% 4.73 MB/s
DQ Read 0.9
DQ Write 10.5
DQ Mixed 1.3
2% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 21.6%
Great: 23%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: O1203AB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 159 54 52 53 53 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Read 507
Write 425
Mixed 401
SusWrite 84.2
79% 354 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 38.1
142% 55.2 MB/s
DQ Read 322
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 235
202% 296 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 92%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150
922GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1990 2234 2176 2074 1427 1449 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
385% Outstanding
Read 2,619
Write 2,437
Mixed 1,848
SusWrite 1,892
494% 2199 MB/s
4K Read 68
4K Write 186
4K Mixed 96.1
325% 117 MB/s
DQ Read 1,565
DQ Write 1,330
DQ Mixed 1,424
1,073% 1,440 MB/s
Poor: 223%
This bench: 385%
Great: 435%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ DDR4 2400 2OZ G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GVR 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
72.9% Very good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 23.1
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 29
SC Mixed 23.5
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME Z270-K Builds (Compare 2,323 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $644
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