Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	67.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME Z270M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 10:23
Run Duration	597 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 783 76% 625 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4551 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.7% Terrible	Lighting 8.07 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 7.94 7% 9.31 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.7% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2683 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 128 Reflection 195 Parallax 158 104% 161 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 1.27 Splatting 0.83 31% 45.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,804 Write 1,256 Mixed 1,513 408% 1,858 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 27.3 188% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 230 254% 432 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 236%
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 488110C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 181 Write 182 Mixed 300 50% 221 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 24.7 154% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 26.2 39% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 208%
531 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	4.59% Terrible	Read 14.5 Write 4.68 Mixed 6.82 9% 8.68 MB/s	4K Read 6.11 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 23% 2.04 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.59% Great: 9%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 3e23 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 3.9 Mixed 5.7 8% 7.93 MB/s	4K Read 2.24 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 9% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,010 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 119%

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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 $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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	34x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	19x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	14x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16