Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	192% 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	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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190703
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '20 at 00:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 297 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 795 84% 674 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 78.6 Parallax 71.1 64% 76.1 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 72.2 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 866 304 305 306 306 304 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,377 Write 1,008 Mixed 1,020 SusWrite 398 212% 951 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 63.3 243% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 714 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 720 584% 815 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 639GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 174 174 173 170 171 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 76 Mixed 81 SusWrite 172 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB 60,539 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 12GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 3.4 6 4.9 6 4.9 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	9.84% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 5.3 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 5.9 10% 9.73 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.4 146% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.84% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.3 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 90%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 75%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS/BR

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	37x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	11x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	12x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	8x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
SSDNow KC300 240GBKingston $81Bench 78%, 2,054 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	6x
HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 84%, 17,710 samples	4x
16GBFFFFBench 65%, 18 samples	3x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $668

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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