Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% 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	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 21:45
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 161 2-Core 324 105% 193 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 631 82% 618 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.9 88% 106 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 100 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.89% Terrible	Lighting 8.23 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 8.19 7% 9.27 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.89% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 136 146 138 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 376 Write 160 Mixed 206 SusWrite 139 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 35.3 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 161 122% 165 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 87GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 65 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 466 Write 361 Mixed 111 SusWrite 85.1 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 31 118% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 176 134% 187 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 82%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 686GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 129 129 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 128 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 74%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 96GB free Firmware: AX001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 94 92 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 62.5 Write 61.8 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 93.2 44% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 62%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 39GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 88 104 107 108 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 103 62% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 26.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 91%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	934x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	451x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	296x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	316x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	259x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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	61x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $859

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16