Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.1% 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	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180514
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '20 at 17:23
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 214 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 537 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2300) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1189 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 25 Reflection 26.4 Parallax 32.1 20% 27.8 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 24.9 Splatting 28.2 22% 27.2 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT07B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 32 34 37 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 306 Write 47 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 36.3 25% 117 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 15 72% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 54.3 DQ Mixed 40.4 65% 133 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 580GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 152 146 150 145 151 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 148 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 1x8GB 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	35% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.3 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 8.1 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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