Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.4% 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	377% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 03:23
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 716 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 219 96% 145 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 110 Splatting 136 96% 115 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 883GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1974 1079 2096 2125 2132 1132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	377% Outstanding	Read 2,682 Write 2,185 Mixed 180 SusWrite 1,756 378% 1,701 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 96.8 338% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 1,304 DQ Write 1,322 DQ Mixed 586 641% 1,071 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 377% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 310 309 307 307 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 445 Mixed 374 SusWrite 327 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 67.1 235% 85.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 207GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1207 396 309 310 309 310 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,094 Write 955 Mixed 453 SusWrite 473 166% 744 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 61.8 234% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 1,226 DQ Mixed 878 739% 1,065 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 787GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 165 166 166 164 164 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 120 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 165 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 168 175 177 175 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 123 Write 159 Mixed 74.1 SusWrite 175 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 43 43 43 45 45 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 26.3 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 90%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

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	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: $918

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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