Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	294% 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 07:48
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 155 2-Core 310 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 620 8-Core 620 83% 620 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Zotac(19DA 5269) 2GB CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.68% Terrible	Lighting 8.77 Reflection 7.96 Parallax 9.59 7% 8.77 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 11.5 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.68% Great: 8%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 196 Parallax 168 142% 180 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 152 Splatting 126 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	294% Outstanding	Read 2,684 Write 1,227 Mixed 1,389 388% 1,767 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 71.9 275% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 487 DQ Mixed 263 293% 503 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 294% Great: 259%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 34954624 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 893 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2836527 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 97724 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 51539607582 (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 -60524679131450 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7028771093 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14146298379	108% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 179 Mixed 173 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 931GB free Firmware: 03.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4600 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1293 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1060 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 323 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 969 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 34 (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
Poor: 29% Great: 62%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 931GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 129 100 105072 (03) Spinup time 96 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4038870 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12398 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098380 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 9 57828567744579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2730 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13093 (C2) HDA temperature 67 186 60129542211 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 31 105072 (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 -6317896890736 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1925472066 (F2) Unknown 100 253 910008424	28.1% Poor	Read 83.4 Write 14.7 Mixed 26.3 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.15 37% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 48%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 713GB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 109 Write 92.6 Mixed 37.9 94% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.16 19% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 5,939 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 31.4 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 33 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 102%

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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 $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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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