Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.8% 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	261% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 05:38
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$230 712,312 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)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 140 2-Core 256 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 706 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4590 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.8% Terrible	Lighting 8.17 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.06 7% 9.38 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 17.3 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 285GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5449 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 931 (B1) Unknown 98 98 25 (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 75 60 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26363699086
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,581 Write 1,287 Mixed 1,332 381% 1,733 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.5 210% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 461 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 153 167% 285 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 254%
Patriot Blaze 60GB-$62 661 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 56GB free Firmware: S9FM02.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2026 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 520 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 31 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1966096 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 551822	57.2% Above average	Read 413 Write 173 Mixed 240 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 9.34 90% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 1.82 29% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0511 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 41.6 Write 39.2 Mixed 34.6 29% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 5.95 4K Mixed 0.61 231% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 34325168 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 201931759932 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2069 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098371 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 571932705 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 740 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98874 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 55834574881 (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 48193828034329 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26659695441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 229664072046	87.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 149 Mixed 146 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.22 62% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 113%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 44281791 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1163 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 92 60 1705594768 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1130 (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 58 51 706281514 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1077 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1188 (C2) HDA temperature 42 49 60129542186 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 5 44281791 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	72% Very good	Read 115 Write 136 Mixed 94.7 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.44 110% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 105%
ST3000DM 001-1CH166 3TB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 486GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Read 183 Write 176 Mixed 20.6 146% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.25 58% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 18.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 114%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 - $131

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	477x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	79x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	91x
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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	21x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $161Bench 85%, 35,811 samples	16x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $894

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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