Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.5% 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	137% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 02:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 467 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 31 Parallax 37.1 32% 35.8 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 36.5 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 94GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2584 (A6) Unknown 100 100 26 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 78 (A9) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 62 (AE) Unknown 100 100 162 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 223338299428 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9898 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5934 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2218	81.7% Excellent	Read 496 Write 362 Mixed 415 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 4.13 106% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 3.97 70% 163 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 86%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,401 Write 555 Mixed 763 199% 906 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 23.2 149% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 25.8 40% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 157%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 37980432 (03) Spinup time 96 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5181429 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12802 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3421 (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 67 46 555548705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15917 (C2) HDA temperature 33 54 68719476769 (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 -77760382892433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5410984816 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36932665284	83.6% Excellent	Read 141 Write 150 Mixed 135 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.6% 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 (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 31.7 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 28.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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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