Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	57% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	259% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 22:20
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 148 2-Core 274 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 791 80% 648 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	57% Above average	Lighting 71 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 63.8 58% 69.2 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 67.4 55% 67.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 147GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24565 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 701 (B1) Unknown 91 91 103 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 47 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 258 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54907735855	89.2% Excellent	Read 500 Write 346 Mixed 346 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 23.6 137% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 71.2 84% 142 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,589 Write 1,233 Mixed 1,406 383% 1,743 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 30.2 198% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 598 DQ Write 452 DQ Mixed 203 239% 418 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 77 127478110 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3198 (05) Reallocated sector count 82 51 24272 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 151874714 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 33994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 935 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 18567 (BC) Unknown 100 95 73015558163 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 60 55 690290728 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 870545 (C2) HDA temperature 40 45 68719476776 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 1 664 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 1 664 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -130060199635322 (F1) Unknown 100 253 114883609521030 (F2) Unknown 100 253 93582626153327	98.7% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 160 Mixed 156 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.3 102% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 772GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 175 7091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1283 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 257135 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 38 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Average	Read 51.9 Write 87.4 Mixed 61.6 50% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.14 48% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 772GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 177 7058 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1508 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 215445 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 37 (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	42.6% Average	Read 58.3 Write 90 Mixed 67.4 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.18 50% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 83%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 683GB free Firmware: 04.05G09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 148 146 9558 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16074 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 961 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 89 Mixed 84.2 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.49 123% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 26.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 26.1 79% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	919x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	323x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	268x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16