Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	267% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	58.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 08:52
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 762 79% 634 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 150 Parallax 139 119% 145 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 146 Splatting 125 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1699 1690 1625 612 563 531 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 1,700 Write 1,546 Mixed 927 SusWrite 1,120 296% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 65.2 234% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,507 DQ Write 1,158 DQ Mixed 1,222 944% 1,295 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 363%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 604GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 120 120 121 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 135 Write 113 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 120 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$146 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 902GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 141 137 142 141 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 146 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 140 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.8 196% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 31.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 31.8 94% 33.1 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 172%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $94Bench 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