Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 15:40
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing below expectations (27^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 below expectations (8^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 220 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 623 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 162 Parallax 163 132% 163 fps	MRender 175 Gravity 143 Splatting 120 116% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 452 Mixed 381 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 94.7 4K Mixed 43 158% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 153 122% 174 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$199 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 552GB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 272 159 162 190 466 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 157 Mixed 234 SusWrite 276 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 43.8 146% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 355 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 111GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 126 112 108 110 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 152 Write 135 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 118 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 411GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 147 147 147 147 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 106 Write 109 Mixed 71 SusWrite 146 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 1,325 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 20.8 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 15.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 108%

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

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	230x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x
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	49x

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 $45Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16