Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180514
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 15:13
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	MLT-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 704 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 109% 135 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 181 174 158 143 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 314 Mixed 181 SusWrite 162 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 38.1 158% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 238 200% 293 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 101%
Sandisk SD8SBBU240G1122 240GB 2,683 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 107GB free Firmware: Z3106000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 227 115 115 115 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 421 Write 361 Mixed 309 SusWrite 181 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 16.6 95% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 28.7 73% 150 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 66%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 192GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 50 51 50 52 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	28.7% Poor	Read 48.8 Write 48.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 50.8 34% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 32%
WD WD2500AAJB-00J3A0 250GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 94GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 2.8 3.2 3.2 2.7 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Read 3.8 Write 3.7 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 3.3 3% 3.62 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 45%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 107 112 110 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 73 Write 122 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 112 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.7 169% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 64%
Freecom DATABAR 32GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 25GB free, PID fcf6 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 20 22 22 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 25 Write 21.7 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 21.7 29% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2.7 166% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 31 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.4 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 102%

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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 $241Bench 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: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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