Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	242% 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

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 14:22
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 296 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 825 81% 661 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% 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: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2123 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 80 Parallax 68.6 64% 75.8 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 74.2 61% 74.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 198GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24581 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 707 (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 69 47 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 264 (F1) Unknown 99 99 54985809028	95.2% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 346 Mixed 350 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 24.9 140% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 69.9 111% 215 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,621 Write 1,154 Mixed 1,355 375% 1,710 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 29.1 196% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 53 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 24.8 79% 159 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 77 149961078 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3204 (05) Reallocated sector count 82 51 24304 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 151929908 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 34010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 941 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 18567 (BC) Unknown 100 95 77310590996 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 706674721 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 870654 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 96 1 816 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 96 1 816 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 120838904895126 (F1) Unknown 100 253 115002695795245 (F2) Unknown 100 253 94910302555023	96.1% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 166 Mixed 9.11 82% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.1% 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 below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 175 6641 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1289 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18768 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 208 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 257172 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 33 (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	56.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 90.4 Mixed 101 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.3 100% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% 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 below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 177 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1514 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 192 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 215475 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 32 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 111 Write 89.8 Mixed 107 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.3 103% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 83%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 679GB free Firmware: 04.05G09 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^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 1011 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 963 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 34 (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	52.6% Above average	Read 95.9 Write 87 Mixed 78.6 65% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.46 118% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.6% 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 @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 28.4 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 30.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	914x
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 $130Bench 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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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