Asus PRIME Z270-K

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270-K (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 18:24
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 571 63% 496 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 58.2 Reflection 65.1 Parallax 63 48% 62.1 fps	MRender 70.2 Gravity 55.8 Splatting 54.4 48% 60.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,232 Write 1458 Mixed 1,085 351% 1,592 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 60.3 216% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 491 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 283 229% 331 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Galax TA1C0240A 240GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 48GB free Firmware: SAFM22.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 55 58 55 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 469 Write 43.3 Mixed 104 SusWrite 56.4 36% 168 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 4.1 48% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 103%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 903GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 45 45 45 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 179 Write 44 Mixed 38 SusWrite 44.5 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 424GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 42 42 42 40 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 144 Write 4.5 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 39.5 35% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 212GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 31 31 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 89.8 Write 29.2 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 31.7 32% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. DDR4 3000 4x4GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 21.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 117%

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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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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270-K - $74

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	938x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	452x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	298x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	317x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	295x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	260x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	117x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	62x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $847

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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