Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	40.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 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 17:28
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 way below expectations (9^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 224 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 563 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 114 89% 112 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 87.6 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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 (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (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 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59649692	76.5% Very good	Read 512 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 24 86% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 99.5 DQ Write 94.6 DQ Mixed 42.8 47% 79 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 124%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 865 (A5) Unknown 100 100 585765 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 149 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 33 180389675041 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 496 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 627 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14410954373 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14548274191	40.7% Average	Read 447 Write 205 Mixed 321 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 8.35 4K Mixed 6.08 32% 9.05 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 10.6 DQ Mixed 6.39 9% 17.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38730160 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 59 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14365583 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (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 70 52 521535518 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1419 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 73014444062 (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 -80397492806725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42593477922 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24242220303	104% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 179 Mixed 179 136% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 443GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35823696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81311923 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (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 69 62 538312735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45218 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (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 29059748728783 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25712819034 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41933003893	90.2% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 125 Mixed 157 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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 way below expectations (7^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.7 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 83.4 48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 90%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	482x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	80x
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	86x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	16x

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