Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% 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	90.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161122
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '18 at 00:24
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$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)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 431 59% 437 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 44 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 38.3 36% 41.5 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 39 Splatting 34.3 30% 36.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22862 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1321 (B1) Unknown 95 95 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 36 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 337 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15692581809	90.6% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 345 Mixed 335 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 70.6 4K Mixed 21.3 129% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 19.5 85% 193 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135155112 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4202 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 26495407289 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2220 (B4) Unknown 100 100 99303047 (B7) Unknown 59 59 41 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131076 (BD) vendor-specific 79 79 21 (BE) vendor-specific 72 40 3642754727964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70475 (C2) HDA temperature 28 60 73014444060 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	91.7% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 158 Mixed 169 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.3 90% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 103%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,921 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 29GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 22 Write 12.7 Mixed 11.5 18% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.43 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.66 79% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,825 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3068 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 34.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 27.7 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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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 $250Bench 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: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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