Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	392% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	60.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '19 at 23:48
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 275 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 759 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2235 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	8.12% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 8.41 4% 11.9 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 17% 19.9 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 8.12% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 476GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 2055 2259 2260 2286 2338 2337 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	392% Outstanding	Read 3,166 Write 2,304 Mixed 1,094 SusWrite 2256 492% 2205 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 69.5 247% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,282 DQ Write 1,056 DQ Mixed 1,102 844% 1,147 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 392% Great: 372%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 424GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 409 407 419 396 385 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 433 Mixed 348 SusWrite 410 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 51.4 161% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 302 244% 344 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESB.M16FE 4x16GB 861 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 32.5 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 31.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 141%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	229x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	87x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	84x

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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $505

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 $45	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