Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (41%). 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	5.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 20:48
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 129 2-Core 202 81% 139 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 546 60% 474 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 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 (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 109 Parallax 119 91% 113 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 124 Splatting 105 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5317 Write 37.3 Mixed 96.5 377% 1,817 MB/s	4K Read 689 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 5.5 1,051% 232 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 44.5 Write 44.2 Mixed 28.3 29% 39 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 33GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 95 87 95 95 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 54 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 91.6 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 66GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 147 132 130 147 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 42 Write 77.2 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 136 51% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.1 242% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 98 107 94 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 97 Mixed 74 SusWrite 98.7 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 83%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 6GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 62 68 62 61 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.4% Poor	Read 9.2 Write 30.7 Mixed 38 SusWrite 61.4 26% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 97% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 72%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 203GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 66 74 75 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 68.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 71 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 86%
Seagate SkyHawk 2TB (2016)-$79 9,128 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 0GB free Firmware: CV12 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 9.3 Write 16.1 Mixed 7.2 8% 10.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 64% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 99%
SDHC Card 16GB 8,111 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 2GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 11 11 11 9.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 45 Write 12.7 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 11.2 24% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.5 94% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 24%

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 way below expectations (8^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 21 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 8.5 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 105%

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Gaming 90%

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Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 77%

Battleship

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 $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	16x

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Value: 111% - Outstanding

Total price: $696

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