Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.81% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	83.1% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '17 at 23:49
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 404 53% 396 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.81% Terrible	Lighting 9.87 Reflection 8.73 Parallax 10.1 8% 9.56 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 8.2 Splatting 7.74 7% 9.22 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.81% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZNLN256HCHP-000L7 256GB 2,407 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 216GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT22L6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 38 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 83 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 1 (AE) Unknown 99 99 31 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 716 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 54 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 16768826 (F1) Unknown 99 99 302 (F2) Unknown 99 99 203 (F9) Unknown 99 99 302	83.1% Excellent	Read 506 Write 278 Mixed 351 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 25.4 115% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 87 112% 201 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 458GB free Firmware: KC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 1188168 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 173812029 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25421 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 91 8590066846 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 41 34922985226276 (C2) HDA temperature 36 59 55834574884 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 28 1188168 (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 103422812512458 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3968907669 (F2) Unknown 100 253 520192329	59.5% Above average	Read 108 Write 99.6 Mixed 86.1 73% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.13 39% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 1x4GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 44%

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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	916x
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 $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 $40Bench 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 $178	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) $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