Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (23%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '18 at 13:18
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 499 68% 503 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.8 83% 104 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 99.3 80% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 344 Mixed 327 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 38.1 139% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 90.2 DQ Mixed 106 103% 169 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 128GB free Firmware: 20.07P20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 81 83 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 81.7 Write 84 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 82.2 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 197% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 631GB free Firmware: CC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 187 189 191 190 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 151 Mixed 82 SusWrite 188 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3200C16 CMK32GX4M4B3200C16 16GB 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 17.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns

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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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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