Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.8% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 19:31
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 128 2-Core 238 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 689 64% 536 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 240 4,978 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 210B) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 10.4 5% 7.17 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 7.87 Splatting 4.04 4% 5.43 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM01.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 289 294 298 302 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 326 Mixed 343 SusWrite 260 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 42.8 165% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 228 194% 282 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 814GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 192 194 194 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 182 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 194 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 11GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 5.9 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.7 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 2.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 4.7 10% 9.78 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.3 160% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 1x8GB 7,235 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 11.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.2 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	936x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
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	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $858

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16