Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	172% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	40.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180328
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 23:42
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 500 66% 498 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6262) ≥ 4GB; EVGA 06G-P4-6161-KR CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 64 64% 71.8 fps	MRender 69.9 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 68.3 56% 68.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 678 847 1108 1139 1026 744 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 831 Write 1,029 Mixed 590 SusWrite 924 191% 844 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 43.4 160% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 886 DQ Write 615 DQ Mixed 614 495% 705 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 207%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM03B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 413 408 385 386 359 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 430 Mixed 302 SusWrite 384 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 42.3 162% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 147 165% 279 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 116%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$40 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 466GB free Firmware: GK8OA70M SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 68 71 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 68.6 Write 74.5 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 70.4 46% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 47%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 111 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 3.3 Write 6.8 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 110 30% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 83%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 330GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 39.9 Write 36.5 Mixed 30.4 SusWrite 41.2 50% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-16GTZ F4-3000C15-16GTZ Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 48GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 83%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	943x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	453x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	319x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	262x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	136x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $652

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16