Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	97.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '22 at 10:48
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 195 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 532 53% 434 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Asus(1043 05D3) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.07 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 136 Parallax 226 92% 158 fps	MRender 212 Gravity 120 Splatting 163 134% 165 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE0010PNC 1TB 21,221 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 494GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 327 358 383 379 367 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 448 Mixed 368 SusWrite 357 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 39.7 137% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 257 212% 306 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 117%
Corsair Neutron NX500 NVMe PCIe 400GB-$390 497 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 243GB free Firmware: E7FM04.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 1067 1039 1021 1183 1113 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,046 Write 1,158 Mixed 754 SusWrite 1043 226% 1,000 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 41.6 139% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 806 DQ Write 562 DQ Mixed 612 476% 660 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 224%
Transcend TS32GMTS600 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 30GB free Firmware: N1126KB SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 39 39 39 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.5% Average	Read 303 Write 39 Mixed 59.1 SusWrite 38.5 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 38.3 4K Mixed 25 88% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 78.5 DQ Write 38.9 DQ Mixed 48.2 39% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 44%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 123 123 123 120 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 88.3 SusWrite 120 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 5TB 546 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 159 164 161 158 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 166 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 159 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 283% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 3,694 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 122%

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

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Gaming 90%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 - $131

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	477x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	79x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	91x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	16x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $751

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16