Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	127% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '19 at 07:34
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 769 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.4 89% 107 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 102 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 182GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8841 Write 7,386 Mixed 7779 1,783% 8,002 MB/s	4K Read 775 4K Write 368 4K Mixed 426 1,914% 523 MB/s	DQ Read 1,892 DQ Write 1,411 DQ Mixed 1,455 1,141% 1,586 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 472 483 472 440 433 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 469 Mixed 399 SusWrite 464 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 61.1 204% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
HP S700 120GB-$30 4,522 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 111GB free Firmware: R0116B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 413 421 418 416 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 490 Write 413 Mixed 351 SusWrite 419 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 16.5 121% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 92.6 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 20.1 69% 144 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 260GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 118 117 117 114 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 118 Write 70.5 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 115 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 114%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 117 117 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 110 Write 100 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 116 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 77%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 108 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 85 SusWrite 107 140% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 85% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 49%

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 below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 101%

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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 $400Bench 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 $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

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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 $179	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