Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.4% 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	206% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 00:33
Run Duration	371 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$250 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 739 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.4% Very good	Lighting 78.5 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.5 64% 95.8 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 145 Splatting 112 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 250GB 26,055 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 209GB free Firmware: RVT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,576 Write 8,626 Mixed 8,249 1,897% 8,484 MB/s	4K Read 444 4K Write 255 4K Mixed 298 1,191% 333 MB/s	DQ Read 1,135 DQ Write 809 DQ Mixed 863 674% 936 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 202GB free Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 850 814 803 883 900 904 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	345% Outstanding	Read 2,134 Write 1,710 Mixed 1,905 SusWrite 859 370% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 167 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 158 535% 158 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 848 DQ Mixed 891 674% 906 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 345% Great: 559%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1105 464 293 293 293 293 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1498 Write 1,311 Mixed 1,100 SusWrite 457 244% 1,092 MB/s	4K Read 60.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 77.3 260% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 783 DQ Mixed 828 623% 834 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 280%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 466GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 464 478 474 460 473 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 910 Write 768 Mixed 836 SusWrite 465 167% 745 MB/s	4K Read 149 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 148 494% 149 MB/s	DQ Read 1,038 DQ Write 880 DQ Mixed 954 716% 957 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 313%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 445GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 6 5.8 530 612 606 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
CBM USB 2.0 2GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.2 5 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Read 15 Write 4.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.1 8% 7.22 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 5%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 746GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 117 119 119 117 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 96 Write 128 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 119 154% 110 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 30.2 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 35 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	476x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	78x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	90x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $900

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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