Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 19:12
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 67.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 238 78% 144 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 540 59% 469 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.6% Good	Lighting 83.8 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 78.2 68% 84.9 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 79 Splatting 83.8 66% 80.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 88%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 5.03 5% 6.25 fps	MRender 3.86 Gravity 5.17 Splatting 11.7 6% 6.91 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 184 173 167 165 164 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 400 Write 392 Mixed 338 SusWrite 194 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 42.5 143% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 344 260% 348 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 124%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 271GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 93 94 89 94 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 151 Write 155 Mixed 34 SusWrite 91.8 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 829GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 131 130 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 136 Write 140 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 132 141% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 9,293 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 87%

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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 $242Bench 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: $859

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