Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 186% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 155% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	214% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	294% 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	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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '23 at 22:41
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 VH 9,708 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 235 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 626 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	214% Outstanding	Lighting 316 Reflection 295 Parallax 331 258% 314 fps	MRender 360 Gravity 258 Splatting 189 211% 269 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1654 1634 1644 1768 1764 1793 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,127 Write 1,988 Mixed 1,921 SusWrite 1,710 436% 1,936 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 70.8 223% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 946 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 826 605% 799 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 435%
Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB-$310 196 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 890GB free Firmware: S8FM07.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 405 412 432 435 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 454 Write 389 Mixed 214 SusWrite 414 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 37.8 4K Mixed 8.7 47% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 29.8 34% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 121 120 120 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 68.9 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 29.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 29.1 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	60	84.6"	1280 720	TSB3700 43UHD_LCD_TV

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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	942x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	261x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $644

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16