Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	82.5% 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	140% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 02:19
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 311 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 870 88% 712 Pts	64-Core 881 54% 881 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 101 Parallax 103 87% 103 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 84.8 74% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 238GB free Firmware: 5.0. Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4866722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 32830730020715 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3290 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 472 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 73017262113 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4866722 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4866722 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4866722 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19805 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24579 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24579 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25448	82.6% Excellent	Read 502 Write 260 Mixed 344 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 9.81 135% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 54.2 82% 154 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 90%
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 94 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 37 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1779990988	140% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 485 Mixed 500 112% 500 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 66.6 240% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 145 163% 275 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 135%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 687GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2216 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2653 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1730 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2628 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.2% Excellent	Read 133 Write 157 Mixed 145 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 29.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 32.1 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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 $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