Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 19:31
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 716 80% 630 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1056 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 610 (94) Unknown 100 100 77816 (95) Unknown 100 100 1135 (96) Unknown 100 100 1013 (97) Unknown 100 100 1112 (A4) Unknown 100 100 21215 (A5) Unknown 100 100 77 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36434763513883 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 183466 (F2) Unknown 100 100 169273 (F5) Unknown 100 100 250602 (F6) Unknown 100 100 311264 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	74.6% Very good	Read 492 Write 249 Mixed 264 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 21.2 102% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 14 63% 144 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 95%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 184GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3662940 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 109719234543643 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 41 64427196443 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 64427196443 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3662940 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3662940 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3662940 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 51539607553 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294962257 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6029404	64.1% Good	Read 505 Write 191 Mixed 249 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 11.6 103% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 11.5 25% 48.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 474GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47502128 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17884811 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16277 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1544 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 60584296475 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6396 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 -140737488355301 (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 -36648955921577 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10817512763 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11984754953	82.6% Excellent	Read 170 Write 118 Mixed 128 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 458GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163664200 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18631287 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1245 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5342 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 60129542172 (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 60881161434092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19364641449 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14355458372	62.8% Good	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 102 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 113%

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 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 26.8 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 39 SC Mixed 29 84% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 110%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	476x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	78x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	75x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	90x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	84x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $900

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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