Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 17:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 below expectations (14^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 82.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 230 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 636 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 170 Parallax 177 116% 163 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 168 Splatting 116 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 234 232 230 230 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 446 Write 234 Mixed 295 SusWrite 233 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 27.5 90% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 99.1 DQ Mixed 139 110% 157 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 71%
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 178GB free Firmware: 42B2S7JA SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 236 237 238 237 238 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 2,477 Write 1,122 Mixed 1,029 SusWrite 261 268% 1,222 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.3 221% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 189 167% 260 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 542GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 119 127 139 141 138 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 177 Write 150 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 129 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 106%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 509GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 172 173 173 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 167 Mixed 107 SusWrite 172 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 4.7 Mixed 6 SusWrite 4.3 9% 8.15 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMU16GX4M2A2666C16 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21.2 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 19.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 100%

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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 $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 $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