Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS/BR (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190703
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 27 '23 at 05:11
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 195 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 516 54% 434 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.3 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 144 Parallax 215 105% 163 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 147 Splatting 97 97% 121 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NE-128 128GB 3,172 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0620A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1383 Write 525 Mixed 582 181% 830 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 14.2 97% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 93.9 168% 324 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 173%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 865GB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 110 111 120 109 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 84.6 Write 88.9 Mixed 103 SusWrite 113 73% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 180% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 2x4GB 4,643 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 91%

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

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 89%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 75%

Battleship

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 $93Bench 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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16