Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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	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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '19 at 20:05
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 276 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 761 77% 625 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 49.1 Parallax 33.9 6% 30 fps	MRender 50.1 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 54.8 40% 47.4 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2030 480GB SSD 335 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS203021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 184 171 171 162 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 998 Write 230 Mixed 350 SusWrite 175 95% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.9 156% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 592 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 309 258% 382 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 228%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 5.5TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 293 284 294 292 292 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 43% Great: 86%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -1 32GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 27GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 39.2 Write 33.5 Mixed 21 SusWrite 39.2 44% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 73% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2263 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 115%

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

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 - $131

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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

Total price: $910

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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