Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	199% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 20:19
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 292 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 810 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 1972 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 73 65% 78.2 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 65.4 60% 74.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 332GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 59 176094773273 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 365521485 (F7) Unknown 100 100 11440293 (F8) Unknown 100 100 753490 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1932 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 471 Write 332 Mixed 339 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 24.9 105% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 44.9 98% 205 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 99%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,507 Write 953 Mixed 1,081 261% 1,180 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 41 192% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 642 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 212 238% 412 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 163GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,493 Write 1,095 Mixed 1,373 363% 1,653 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 44.4 204% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 418 DQ Mixed 225 253% 435 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 31.9 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.9 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	476x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	78x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	76x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	90x
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 $95Bench 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: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $909

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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