Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	43.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 23:46
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$235 712,312 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 (63^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 131 2-Core 267 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 758 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 126 Parallax 125 81% 117 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 107 Splatting 96.8 81% 99.2 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 220GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 66 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 73585986	74.1% Very good	Read 512 Write 414 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 27.4 4K Mixed 19.1 78% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 96.4 DQ Mixed 46.7 51% 86.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 124%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5121 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 866 (A5) Unknown 100 100 588909 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 150 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 29 180389675037 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 500 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 631 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14464286078 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14610204107	43.9% Average	Read 414 Write 301 Mixed 303 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 9.78 4K Mixed 2.12 29% 8.56 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 11.4 DQ Mixed 7.39 10% 18.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113523344 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 64 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14463303 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 52 504889371 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1478 (C2) HDA temperature 27 48 73014444059 (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 23201413340093 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42740209234 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24258740357	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 181 Mixed 173 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 587GB free Firmware: CC47 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 115 99 99260184 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 980 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81609892 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 871 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 62 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45269 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 56139517530069 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26015590167 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42052095138	107% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 171 Mixed 172 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.29 89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 111%

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Gaming 90%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 77%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 - $131

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	479x
Core i7-6700KIntel $219Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	79x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	92x
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 $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 113% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16