Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	4.48% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 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	May 18 '20 at 17:40
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 70.3 1-Core 62.3 2-Core 117 51% 83.1 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 271 27% 220 Pts	64-Core 138 9% 138 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 75.6 62% 76.8 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 74 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk X400 2.5 7MM 128GB 1,555 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4152012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 19 9.6 22 82 88 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	4.48% Terrible	Read 50 Write 78.7 Mixed 5 SusWrite 39.2 10% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 0% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 4.48% Great: 90%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 478GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 154GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 375 311 55 7.4 7.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 61%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 724GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 81 80 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 93.1 Mixed 50 SusWrite 80.1 58% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 61%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 16GB 3,032 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 6.3 7.1 6.5 6.2 7.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	7.08% Terrible	Read 22 Write 11.5 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 6.9 18% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 37% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.08% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 9,275 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 11.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 9.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 86%

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

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 - $131

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	476x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	78x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	90x
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 $109Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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