Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	12.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '24 at 13:14
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 581 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 104 Parallax 95 82% 100 fps	MRender 90.9 Gravity 95.4 Splatting 92.2 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 408 Mixed 365 91% 408 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 47 154% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 349 262% 350 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 87GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 132 134 132 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 165 Write 169 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 133 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 112%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 159GB free Firmware: LVD1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 50.9 Write 78.4 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 70.4 40% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 316% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBR 1x16GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.7 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10.9 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 42%

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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	68	55	60	24"	1280 720	AOC2460 2460G5

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $243Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	949x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	456x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	299x

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	263x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16