Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '20 at 20:15
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 68.6 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 165 61% 107 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 656 55% 476 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.79 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 120 Reflection 122 Parallax 114 98% 119 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 126 Splatting 0.1 55% 76.6 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 243 201 198 230 234 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 269 Write 388 Mixed 272 SusWrite 241 66% 293 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 25.8 88% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 65.3 DQ Write 99.4 DQ Mixed 70.8 57% 78.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 108%
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 183GB free Firmware: S1127B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 62 57 75 75 31 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 434 Write 372 Mixed 338 SusWrite 108 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 20.4 98% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 38.2 87% 175 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 100%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 131GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 70 Mixed 40 SusWrite 41.4 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 12.6 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $90Bench 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