Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.5% 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	124% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 00:38
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 265 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 772 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.8 91% 109 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 145GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,820 Write 7,496 Mixed 7,718 1,785% 8,011 MB/s	4K Read 792 4K Write 319 4K Mixed 435 1,926% 515 MB/s	DQ Read 1,894 DQ Write 1,393 DQ Mixed 1,468 1,145% 1,585 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 450 389 360 368 361 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 466 Mixed 399 SusWrite 402 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.1 206% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
HP S700 120GB-$30 4,522 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 111GB free Firmware: R0116B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 420 420 419 422 417 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 491 Write 415 Mixed 381 SusWrite 420 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 14.9 122% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 71.7 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 18.7 66% 136 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 154 155 155 155 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 148 Mixed 88 SusWrite 153 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 110 110 110 112 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 110 Write 88.8 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 110 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 117% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 77%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 391GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 84 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 84.3 Write 86.2 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 84.8 105% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 23.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 101%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	16x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	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