Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170616
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '18 at 13:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 727 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D2) 2GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 32.3 30% 32 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 33.8 Splatting 32.9 28% 34.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 284 274 275 275 272 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 423 Mixed 384 SusWrite 294 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 52.3 183% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 210 211 206 210 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 160 Mixed 85.1 SusWrite 209 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 26.5 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	229x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	87x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	83x

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	47x

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 $43Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $505

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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