Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 04:36
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$241 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 278 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 774 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2507 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 120% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21324 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 600 (B1) Unknown 88 88 404 (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 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 769 (EB) Unknown 99 99 37 (F1) Unknown 99 99 53524953188	102% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 410 Mixed 460 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 27.4 151% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 78 110% 199 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 116%
OCZ Vector 256GB-$240 2,095 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 32GB free Firmware: 2.0.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20283 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (AB) Unknown 80 80 36474192 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 41 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2733 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15586 (F9) Unknown 100 100 304583269	114% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 501 Mixed 502 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 40.2 161% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 76.1 117% 218 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112242136 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4603 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4344758703 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31319 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 633 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 271087960094 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 25 25 150076 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 -140737488355298 (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 -119760868072142 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29459215239 (F2) Unknown 100 253 134179728744	54.1% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 91 Mixed 84.9 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.38 108% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 105 98 7708 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1035 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 373713 (C2) HDA temperature 115 82 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	51.9% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 90.4 Mixed 84.8 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135168360 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 101766681 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 588 (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 70 59 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 258211 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 60129542174 (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 83227876272807 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32235048173 (F2) Unknown 100 253 43615206229	78.1% Very good	Read 154 Write 119 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.15 60% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 166 1133 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47565 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 402454 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 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	64.2% Good	Read 127 Write 96.8 Mixed 104 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 81%

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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 $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 $92Bench 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: $907

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