Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	303% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 17:11
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 427 58% 430 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 70.1 59% 73.2 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 68.4 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1192 1386 1286 1143 1106 1045 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,392 Write 2,099 Mixed 1,101 SusWrite 1193 379% 1,696 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 77 260% 94.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,351 DQ Write 1,089 DQ Mixed 1,200 904% 1,213 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 393%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 88GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 47 106 54 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 377 Write 354 Mixed 274 SusWrite 93.4 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 18.8 110% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 136 132% 203 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 572GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 153 157 153 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 122 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 154 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 546GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 105 106 105 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.9 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 104 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 28.8 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 26.5 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 102%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $847

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16