Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.9% 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	235% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 17:45
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 149 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 585 77% 578 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 80.9 53% 71.6 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 56 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,383 Write 1,185 Mixed 1,372 362% 1,646 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42 188% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 96.5 114% 195 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 236%
OCZ Trion 100 480GB-$139 1,753 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 120GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2031 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1417 (C2) HDA temperature 57 36 274878627883	64.9% Good	Read 486 Write 266 Mixed 275 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 7.66 73% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 36.4 70% 142 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 90%
WD WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600GB 6,863 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 227GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 235 232 3250 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6101 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4790 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1665 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4435 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 18 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 18 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 26	83.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 137 Mixed 135 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.54 151% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32 MC Mixed 23.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

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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