Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170707
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 02 '18 at 13:17
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
85% Excellent
Memory 89.1
1-Core 138
2-Core 237
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 737
71% 586 Pts
64-Core 743
46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 151
Parallax 141
113% 143 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 133
Splatting 109
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3J96R9
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 456
Write 418
Mixed 330
89% 401 MB/s
4K Read 31.3
4K Write 68.1
4K Mixed 29.6
121% 43 MB/s
DQ Read 296
DQ Write 126
DQ Mixed 130
118% 184 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
343GB free
Firmware: X41320RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 305 304 303 303 299 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 483
Write 449
Mixed 326
SusWrite 310
88% 392 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 47.7
176% 66.4 MB/s
DQ Read 388
DQ Write 299
DQ Mixed 250
212% 312 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 108%
Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
682GB free
Firmware: 02.01A02
SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 160 160 162 164 165 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
92.3% Outstanding
Read 160
Write 144
Mixed 86.5
SusWrite 161
101% 138 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 92.3%
Great: 109%
Intenso External USB 3.0 3TB
3TB free
Firmware: 2210
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 165
Write 147
Mixed 36.8
85% 116 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.6
155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 93%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
62% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 23.6
MC Mixed 18.4
63% 22.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 17.7
46% 15.9 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 62%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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