Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '17 at 04:39
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 456 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 456 28% 456 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 121 Parallax 113 88% 114 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3943 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 807 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68745757014 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 483 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 447 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 66 283468890145 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 416617398369 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3137 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6999 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4630 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7446 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	68.3% Good	Read 472 Write 226 Mixed 229 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 13.8 90% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 24.5 70% 153 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 108%
USB Flash Memory 16GB 2,042 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 2GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 12.6 Mixed 10.2 17% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.59 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.07 24% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x4GB-$47 29,751 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 27.7 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 27.7 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 98%

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

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Gaming 71%

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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 $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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