Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	188% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	41.6 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180328
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 04:40
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 508 65% 492 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 79.2 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 65.8 64% 73.4 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 69.2 Splatting 70.3 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 926 1052 919 1173 924 945 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 926 Write 945 Mixed 704 SusWrite 990 201% 891 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 51.7 179% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 834 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 594 499% 724 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 207%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 400 435 429 437 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 418 Mixed 286 SusWrite 417 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 43.9 164% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 142 162% 277 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 116%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$38 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 466GB free Firmware: GK8OA70M SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 69.5 Write 71.5 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 72.8 46% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 47%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 110 110 108 112 112 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 37% Great: 83%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 330GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 42 41 42 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 36 Mixed 30.4 SusWrite 41 50% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-16GTZ F4-3000C15-16GTZ Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 28.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $233Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	954x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	457x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	299x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	322x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	296x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	264x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	137x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

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