Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.4% 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	214% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 13:33
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 221 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 440 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E224) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	27.4% Poor	Lighting 34.6 Reflection 31.2 Parallax 42.2 28% 36 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 29.2 Splatting 35.7 26% 30.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 1,293 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,641 Write 750 Mixed 1,153 329% 1,515 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 33.7 178% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 33.6 81% 157 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 273%
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 42GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 943 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (A5) Unknown 100 100 124580790613 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 38 163209674781 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1365803532606 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 316 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1715 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1294 (F2) Unknown 253 253 807 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.2% Very good	Read 452 Write 320 Mixed 305 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 19.2 107% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 44.5 83% 169 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 93%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 378GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 123 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2011 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4215 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22099 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.8% Good	Read 112 Write 100 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.22 100% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.5% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 17.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 88%

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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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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