Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 04:19
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 520 68% 514 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.6 82% 103 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 100 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 128 130 127 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 414 Write 152 Mixed 210 SusWrite 127 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 45.3 182% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 174 136% 190 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB 6,224 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 113GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 247 245 206 247 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 436 Write 245 Mixed 214 SusWrite 239 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 28.6 145% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 121 138% 240 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 86%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB 6,224 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 177GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 246 243 246 246 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 442 Write 242 Mixed 212 SusWrite 245 64% 285 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 27.8 144% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 186 172% 267 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 86%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 740GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 121 116 122 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 61.4 Write 101 Mixed 56.1 SusWrite 120 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.3 238% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 105%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical PRIME Z270M-PLUS Builds (Compare 597 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	230x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	88x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	84x

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	49x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $510

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16