Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	455% 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	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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	16.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 12:08
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	74%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 258 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 704 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 146 Parallax 122 107% 133 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 53 55 57 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	455% Outstanding	Read 5,864 Write 32 Mixed 96 SusWrite 54.9 314% 1,512 MB/s	4K Read 536 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 6.6 822% 182 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 455% Great: 254%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 8GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 57 53 53 52 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 70 Mixed 52 SusWrite 52.6 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 78% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 33GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 95 95 92 96 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 60 Mixed 69 SusWrite 92.8 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 32GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 143 145 137 149 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 40.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 141 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.3 268% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 112 116 113 112 111 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 105 SusWrite 113 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 6GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 69 66 67 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 48.5 Write 70 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 64.7 41% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 72%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 75 74 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 74 Write 51.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 74.3 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 86%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$80 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 0GB free Firmware: CV12 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 75.2 Write 104 Mixed 55.8 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 99%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 35 37 39 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 62 Write 56.8 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 38.1 70% 52.6 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 4.4 264% 4.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 105%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	477x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	78x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	90x
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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $907

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