Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	381% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180514
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 21:25
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 494 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 143 Parallax 132 104% 134 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1978 2311 1585 1581 1564 1195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	381% Outstanding	Read 2,672 Write 2467 Mixed 1,903 SusWrite 1,702 490% 2186 MB/s	4K Read 69.2 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 97.9 327% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,653 DQ Write 1,426 DQ Mixed 1,547 1,158% 1,542 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 381% Great: 410%
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 190GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 204 207 203 199 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 441 Write 248 Mixed 260 SusWrite 206 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 21 4K Mixed 24.3 85% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 90.4 80% 124 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%
Transcend SD720 256GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 22GB free Firmware: 5.0.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 188 196 200 217 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 254 Mixed 281 SusWrite 186 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 45.6 179% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 242 188% 260 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 92%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Read 36.9 Write 35.6 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 41.7 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 165% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 67%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,287 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 37.8 Write 13.3 Mixed 5.3 18% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 54% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 2x8GB 8,162 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2500 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 29.5 92% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 35.7 SC Mixed 27.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

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

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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 $242Bench 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: $517

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