Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.48% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190703
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 03:51
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 306 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 804 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 645 4,869 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Nvidia(10DE 1029) 1GB CLim: 823 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	9.48% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 14.2 9% 12.6 fps	MRender 14.9 Gravity 13.9 Splatting 11.5 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.48% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$39 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,554 Write 2,183 Mixed 1,536 464% 2,091 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 79.8 263% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 526 381% 491 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-00000 256GB 13,215 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 200GB free Firmware: EXD7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 311 312 312 312 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,227 Write 1,603 Mixed 1,322 SusWrite 462 312% 1,404 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 75 250% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 604 477% 677 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 249%
Reeinno MC20 240GB S6N8 387 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 217GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1150 1144 780 115 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,695 Write 1,141 Mixed 1,025 SusWrite 569 246% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 41 176% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 446 DQ Write 467 DQ Mixed 71.2 160% 328 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 196%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 133 143 143 142 143 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 77.1 Write 120 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 138 64% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.5 178% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 25.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	9	50	31.5"	1280 720	MEIC329 Panasonic-TV

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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 $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $58Bench 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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $463

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16