Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.2% 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	69.1% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 07:39
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 704 77% 610 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.2% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 105 Parallax 94.8 78% 98.4 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 93.1 76% 93.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 108 73 7.5 60 94 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 498 Write 84.1 Mixed 142 SusWrite 70 43% 199 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 29 126% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 4.5 42% 107 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 158 155 157 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 131 Write 149 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 156 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 232% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 92%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 342GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 101 93 72 72 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 64.7 Write 86 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 84.7 58% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.4 201% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 65%
Seagate Desktop 1.5TB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 908GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 39.5 Mixed 19 SusWrite 41.7 45% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 9,905 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2546 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.2 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 27.5 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 97%

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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	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