Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79% 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	245% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180622
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '18 at 12:51
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 166 2-Core 284 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 913 93% 752 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 107 82% 105 fps	MRender 90.4 Gravity 94.4 Splatting 85.8 73% 90.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1040 1290 1031 1401 1138 1334 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1302 Write 852 Mixed 1007 SusWrite 1,206 245% 1,092 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 71.5 272% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 860 DQ Write 754 DQ Mixed 752 579% 789 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 242%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 33GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 131 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 489 Write 132 Mixed 131 SusWrite 131 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 22.2 134% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 51.1 85% 170 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 154GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 292 293 293 292 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 488 Mixed 428 SusWrite 305 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 68.3 234% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 76GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,604 Write 2,352 Mixed 1,546 481% 2,167 MB/s	4K Read 75.1 4K Write 244 4K Mixed 109 383% 143 MB/s	DQ Read 1,779 DQ Write 1,634 DQ Mixed 1,660 1,258% 1,691 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR G.SKILL F4-2400C17-8GIS 08D9 16G-D4-2400-MR G.SKILL F4-2400C17-8GIS 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 30.5 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 29.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 103%

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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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Typical PRIME Z270-K Builds (Compare 2,306 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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: $867

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