Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	249% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 158 2-Core 305 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 879 86% 706 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 152 Parallax 132 111% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2,634 Write 1,186 Mixed 1,354 378% 1,725 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 29.3 204% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 57.5 DQ Write 507 DQ Mixed 26.4 96% 197 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 236%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 12GB free Firmware: 1.05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^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 100 100 428 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 843 (B1) Unknown 100 100 34927 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 448 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 83974 (F2) Unknown 100 100 84561	80.2% Excellent	Read 504 Write 204 Mixed 280 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 32.1 121% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 70.4 97% 180 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 84%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 1.5TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52432108 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1753 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 58 30070512745 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1195 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1151 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131333 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 588775459 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 43 52432108 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -86943022969556 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1114584087 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1606734997	56.4% Above average	Read 97 Write 99.4 Mixed 95 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.52 110% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 84%
Seagate ST31500541AS 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98522080 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1255 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17360859 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1504 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 839 (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 62 51 13524140070 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11705 (C2) HDA temperature 38 49 -140737488355290 (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 -57097295231951 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8172609430 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12101676366	97.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 181 Mixed 173 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 98%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 930GB free Firmware: SM28 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89046192 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1151566 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 55 672923688 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1331 (C2) HDA temperature 40 45 68719476776 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	62.6% Good	Read 103 Write 114 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.14 4K Mixed 0.81 212% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 5,888 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 36.3 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 47.4 SC Mixed 33 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 136%

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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 $195Bench 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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $688

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16