Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.9% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME Z270-K  (all builds)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180622
Uptime9.1 Days
Run DateJul 06 '21 at 19:18
Run Duration185 Seconds
Run User PRT-User
Background CPU5%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.1% Outstanding
Memory 90.6
1-Core 136
2-Core 271
92% 166 Pts
4-Core 532
8-Core 513
70% 522 Pts
64-Core 525
32% 525 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 91.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
84.9% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 110
Parallax 104
86% 107 fps
MRender 94.6
Gravity 104
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.9%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
382GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 113 129 145 131 141 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
82.4% Excellent
Read 160
Write 136
Mixed 114
SusWrite 126
99% 134 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.1
235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 82.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G 16GB
2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
64.9% Good
MC Read 22.6
MC Write 22.8
MC Mixed 21.5
64% 22.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 22.2
60% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 64.9%
Great: 106%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 52: 6R 5G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
52% 45% 40 336 276 144 24" 1920 1080 BNQ7F31 ZOWIE XL LCD
History: Score 25: 4R 1G 2B | Score 52: 6R 5G 7B
Typical PRIME Z270-K Builds (Compare 2,307 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: 68% - Good Total price: $859
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