Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% 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	255% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 20:45
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 234 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 657 67% 540 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 113 96% 117 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 95.4 79% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,432 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,381 373% 1,695 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 49.7 208% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 498 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 163 179% 308 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 247GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5570 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 961 (B1) Unknown 98 98 28 (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 75 60 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 112 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28750416505
Poor: 80% 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 (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 551 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 31 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2031633 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 568692	56.4% Above average	Read 429 Write 175 Mixed 244 62% 283 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 6.19 87% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 77.9 DQ Mixed 2.72 28% 68.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0511 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 39.4 Write 35.7 Mixed 34.1 27% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 6.22 4K Mixed 0.58 232% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.2% 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 (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111256696 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 201932152340 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2098 (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 67 56 588382241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 754 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 99222 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 55834574881 (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 98560909514631 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26723977140 (F2) Unknown 100 253 229989803763	88.8% Excellent	Read 159 Write 150 Mixed 155 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.8% 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 (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 141677587 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 92 60 1733081502 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7042 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (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 60 51 689111080 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1091 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1222 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 60129542184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 5 141677587 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72.2% Very good	Read 118 Write 133 Mixed 96 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.39 114% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 9 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 63%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	477x
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 $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: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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