Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '20 at 06:12
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 116 2-Core 290 92% 168 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 769 72% 599 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2779 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 127 Parallax 102 93% 115 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 134 Splatting 118 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,839 Write 1,691 Mixed 564 301% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 57.7 217% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,077 DQ Write 1,180 DQ Mixed 951 764% 1,069 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 213GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 126 127 126 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 99 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 125 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 167 172 169 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 97.7 Write 110 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 167 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 59% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3200C16 4x8GB 1,092 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3297 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.3 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 30.8 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%

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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 $95Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $910

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 $177	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) $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