Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	265% 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 254 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 774 74% 611 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 465 1,390 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Nvidia(10DE 0839) 1GB CLim: 607 MHz, MLim: 801 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.4 Reflection 23.7 Parallax 16.8 13% 18.6 fps	MRender 25.5 Gravity 12.3 Splatting 18.3 15% 18.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,635 Write 1,325 Mixed 1,389 392% 1,783 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.1 206% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 480 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 158 173% 296 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 372GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5379 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 922 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26151954057	110% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 410 Mixed 421 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 46.5 169% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 114 135% 237 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 56GB free Firmware: S9FM02.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1955 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 511 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 31 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1966096 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 542575	56.8% Above average	Read 433 Write 173 Mixed 248 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 5.95 88% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 1.83 30% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 62%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0511 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	23% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 37.5 Mixed 34.4 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 5.72 4K Mixed 0.68 234% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85158808 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 201931048527 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2061 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098371 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 740 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98829 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48700634175189 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26627745308 (F2) Unknown 100 253 229092878158	87.7% Excellent	Read 152 Write 154 Mixed 150 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.17 57% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 113%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 120104815 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1153 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 92 60 1686869975 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1122 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 51 622133285 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1077 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1178 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 60129542181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 5 120104815 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73% Very good	Read 135 Write 119 Mixed 87.9 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.9 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 114%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 - $131

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $910

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