Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.92% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	85.1% 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.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '22 at 14:13
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	MOZ-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 135 2-Core 259 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 730 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.92% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 10 Parallax 8.8 6% 8.73 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11.9 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.92% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 137 90 95 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 491 Write 459 Mixed 298 SusWrite 141 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.8 154% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 154 132% 199 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%
WD Elements 10B8 750GB 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 320GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 91 100 100 90 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 76.4 Write 85 Mixed 53.6 SusWrite 95.3 107% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 43%
LaCie Porsche Design 16GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 9GB free, PID 107a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 11 11 12 8.9 9.8 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20% Very poor	Read 103 Write 10 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 10.2 26% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 44% 4 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 26.4 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 30.8 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 105%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	947x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	454x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	320x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $666

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16