Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '21 at 21:01
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 as expected (46^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 248 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 698 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 703 44% 703 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 8620) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 121 Parallax 114 88% 114 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 114 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,430 Write 2,158 Mixed 1,418 444% 2,002 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 85 274% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,248 DQ Write 981 DQ Mixed 1,110 832% 1,113 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 165 165 166 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 145 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 165 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 184 185 186 178 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 61.6 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 181 90% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 23.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 66: 8R 5G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
66%	75%	32	315	245	144	27"	2560 1440	ACI27EC ROG PG279Q

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

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