Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.8% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 18:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (100^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 811 86% 684 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Lighting 86 Reflection 87.6 Parallax 77.1 70% 83.6 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 69.6 62% 76 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 256GB-$255 1,100 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 88 1 5929 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13536 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1697 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 0 68722294814 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 53 1 5929 (E7) Temperature 93 93 8 (EA) Unknown 100 100 64814 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4159 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4426 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 2037409	94.8% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 396 Mixed 376 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 29.3 125% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 16.7 92% 212 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 97%
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 above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 165 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2861 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 639 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26417 (C2) HDA temperature 123 113 27 (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	61.2% Good	Read 102 Write 111 Mixed 102 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143177224 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1458 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 48 41 20010494715136 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1448 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 521338910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9993 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 73014444062 (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 17549236382844 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28651177318 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50770210485	85.6% Excellent	Read 137 Write 160 Mixed 146 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.59 192% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 28.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 29.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 114%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	918x
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	202x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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