Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 06:41
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 539 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 75.6 64% 77.5 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 73.3 59% 71.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 505 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 190 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131079 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 803	82.2% Excellent	Read 520 Write 350 Mixed 358 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 10.5 101% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 48.2 95% 193 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 740 (C2) HDA temperature 106 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	106% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 193 Mixed 176 137% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.37 149% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 30.7 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 104%

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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 61%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	229x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	87x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	54x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	49x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $525

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