Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.9% 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	242% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 00:35
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 293 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 818 87% 695 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 121 Parallax 116 96% 118 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 107 87% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1481 1108 599 597 599 596 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,544 Write 1,573 Mixed 667 SusWrite 830 258% 1,153 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 234 4K Mixed 50.5 255% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 990 DQ Write 1,447 DQ Mixed 902 771% 1,113 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 59GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 274 274 274 218 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 454 Mixed 400 SusWrite 252 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.8 183% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 231 209% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
Adata S511 120GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 27GB free Firmware: 3.3.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 131 132 125 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 369 Write 147 Mixed 197 SusWrite 127 46% 210 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 36.8 154% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 162 122% 163 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 674GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 131 132 133 134 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 129 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 130 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 674GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 89.5 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.8% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 17.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 20.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 80%

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Gaming 90%

Nuclear submarine

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 $265Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	16x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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