Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.3% 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	339% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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-$230 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 766 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% 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 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 102 Parallax 103 81% 102 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 90 Splatting 79.3 69% 85.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 626GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 633 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 75 (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 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4134790231	105% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 413 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 31 177% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 133 112% 154 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 475GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,784 Write 1,854 Mixed 2,091 497% 2,243 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 225 4K Mixed 75.4 300% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 57.8 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 43.4 65% 115 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 442GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13439 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 185 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 58 39 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7347767635	102% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 416 Mixed 424 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.7 161% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 78.4 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 60.4 81% 140 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,698 Write 1,932 Mixed 1,994 490% 2,208 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 68.7 281% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 640 DQ Write 591 DQ Mixed 43.4 190% 425 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GB 761 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 30.5 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 30.9 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	477x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	79x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	91x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $894

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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