Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	264% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '17 at 00:29
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 853 81% 672 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.01% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.22 7% 9.71 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 17.2 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.01% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,650 Write 1,317 Mixed 1,423 395% 1,797 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 44 222% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 57.8 DQ Write 464 DQ Mixed 28.3 91% 183 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 254%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$46 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 868GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 167 4458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 106 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 52 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 626 (C2) HDA temperature 128 116 19 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 135 Write 145 Mixed 138 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 84%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 167GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 79.3 Write 73.8 Mixed 58.9 53% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 6.36 4K Mixed 0.45 198% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 128GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 77.1 Write 75.8 Mixed 78.1 100% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 42%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 67GB free, PID null Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 35.5 Mixed 34.8 46% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 22%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.8 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 87% 30.5 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 - $131

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	480x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 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 $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $724

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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