Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 06:39
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 266 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 730 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 149 Parallax 136 112% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 180 171 174 191 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 321 Write 238 Mixed 250 SusWrite 178 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 37.1 142% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 130 121% 188 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 121 121 121 120 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 131 Write 111 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 120 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 76%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 166 165 170 171 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 161 Mixed 108 SusWrite 167 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 952 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2TB free, PID ab34 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 149 148 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 107 Write 119 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 147 154% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 9.7 4K Mixed 0.7 356% 3.63 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 9.6 DQ Mixed 0.8 355% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 125%

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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	935x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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