Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	25.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	157% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '17 at 18:43
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$242 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 158 2-Core 310 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 865 85% 695 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.6% Poor	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 74.5 6% 56.1 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 78.7 64% 77.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 2,037 Write 280 Mixed 485 200% 934 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 21.6 131% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 648 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 22 133% 316 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 210%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 137 137 34387263907 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 919 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 925 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 925 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 171799085089 (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	90% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 149 Mixed 151 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.18 85% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3202 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 31.5 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 32.5 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	912x
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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

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