Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.9% 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	46.3% 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 (44%). 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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 04:26
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 730 75% 604 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% 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 (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 123 Parallax 122 97% 121 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 107 Splatting 93.2 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.9% 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 (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 16 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 9 (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 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 80452193	77.6% Very good	Read 515 Write 416 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 25.3 88% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 45.6 49% 82 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 124%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5122 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (A5) Unknown 100 100 600322 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 153 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 31 180389675039 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 510 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 635 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14641112829 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14733835926	46.3% Average	Read 445 Write 307 Mixed 249 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 9.47 4K Write 9.27 4K Mixed 7.13 28% 8.62 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 8.87 11% 20.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125135336 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 68 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14472126 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (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 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1522 (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 11901354384319 (F1) Unknown 100 253 42747792639 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24263831678	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 185 Mixed 174 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 587GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231388792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 81945784 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (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 62 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45335 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (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 58664958300120 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26104375648 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42063445281	92.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 155 Mixed 152 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.07 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.19 47% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.2% 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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 29.2 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 28.1 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 97.4% 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	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 $93Bench 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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Value: 110% - Outstanding

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