Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '23 at 01:25
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 240 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 626 64% 518 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2977 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 536.67 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 192 Parallax 185 149% 187 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 194 Splatting 130 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 411 290 230 230 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 418 Mixed 363 SusWrite 293 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 37.4 128% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 348 260% 344 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 432GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 415 429 446 440 346 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 409 Mixed 400 SusWrite 409 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 45 151% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 348 263% 353 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 195 199 198 201 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 144 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 198 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%
ST500LM012 HN-M5 500GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 91GB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 104 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 100 Write 68.6 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 104 108% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 24%

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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 19.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 12: 0P 0R 3G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
12%	13%	47	71	59	165	31.5"	2048 1152	WBT3152 GOP32QHD165I

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Gaming 90%

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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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16