Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	35.7 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '17 at 06:33
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 622 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8586) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 28.3 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 21.5 23% 25.7 fps	Gravity 28.3 Splatting 28.5 25% 28.4 fps
Poor: 22% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 840 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 59 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3890061280	101% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 390 Mixed 406 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 42.9 161% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 82.6 DQ Mixed 115 101% 157 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 130259888 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 63151262 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4172 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 538443805 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1917 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 77309411357 (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 -52076478459319 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14084473306 (F2) Unknown 100 253 122247090659
Poor: 43% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2767 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2765 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14905 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.3% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 92.9 Mixed 90 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 67%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 268GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 641 (03) Spinup time 164 158 6775 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24900 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1246 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24900 (C2) HDA temperature 121 79 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 192 688 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 192 536 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 194 193 804	40.3% Average	Read 67.6 Write 72.4 Mixed 64.5 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 120GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 108 (03) Spinup time 194 194 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 9374 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 23413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1836 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 839 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 203646 (C2) HDA temperature 177 177 214749216799 (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 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	21.9% Poor	Read 40 Write 36.1 Mixed 37.3 28% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 45%
ST3000DM 003-1F216N 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 104 168% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 40GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.9% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 81%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	910x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	323x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	201x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	91x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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