Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	76.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 18:52
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	77%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 42.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 207 64% 122 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 488 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 271GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 312 312 309 308 311 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 333 Write 335 Mixed 303 SusWrite 310 72% 320 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 26.4 91% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 129%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 45GB free Firmware: SBFMJ1.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 448 452 443 441 454 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 289 Write 287 Mixed 279 SusWrite 435 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 22.6 77% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 213 184% 270 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 148GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 127 115 125 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 164 Write 149 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 124 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.63 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 5 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 193 21% 193 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 88%

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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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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 $125	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