Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180510
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '18 at 16:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 79.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 397 61% 441 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.1 84% 104 fps	MRender 86.7 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 93 74% 90 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 290 298 296 293 294 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 343 Mixed 353 SusWrite 304 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.8 182% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 780GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 384 439 429 419 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 399 Mixed 397 SusWrite 419 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.7 184% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 272 229% 333 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 130 130 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 130 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD Kingston KHX3200C16D4/8GX 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2187, 2187, 2187, 2187 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 25.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 81%

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

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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	939x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

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	62x

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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $697

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16