Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	130% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180328
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 03:25
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 231 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 410 59% 434 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6251) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1777 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 39.6 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 37.5 32% 36.2 fps	Gravity 38.1 Splatting 36.9 33% 37.5 fps
Poor: 27% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 425GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 757 Write 716 Mixed 748 166% 740 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 8.49 86% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 8.08 19% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 182%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 1,270 Write 551 Mixed 815 193% 879 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 21.4 114% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 21 80% 179 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 157%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171225376 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5268331 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3436 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950328333 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 46 605814819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16198 (C2) HDA temperature 35 54 68719476771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -127783866988936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5856345768 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37317795205	84.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 142 Mixed 129 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 29.9 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

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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 $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	232x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	89x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	55x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	16x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $674

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16