Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.8% 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	100% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	33.7 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 22:54
Run Duration	277 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 213 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 654 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8586) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.8% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 30 Parallax 27.3 25% 29.2 fps	MRender 36.4 Gravity 28 Splatting 28.3 25% 30.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5341 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 333 (B1) Unknown 96 96 73 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31329934792	100% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 399 Mixed 409 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 42.5 156% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 112 98% 153 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 169 5016 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3042 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3038 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22564 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 95.8 Mixed 93.6 71% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 20223352 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64803163 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555679777 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2650 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 77309411361 (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 103543071581896 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14448787620 (F2) Unknown 100 253 128766094318	86.7% Excellent	Read 135 Write 166 Mixed 124 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.68 205% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 108%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 150GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 642 (03) Spinup time 163 158 6816 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25176 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17731 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1519 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25176 (C2) HDA temperature 116 79 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 192 536 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 194 193 804	34.4% Below average	Read 58 Write 61.3 Mixed 61 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.25 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 106GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 108 (03) Spinup time 164 164 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 9650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 27472 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2110 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 841 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 210284 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 214749216798 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	26.8% Poor	Read 43.9 Write 49.3 Mixed 47.1 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 45%
ST3000DM 003-1F216N 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 121 Write 139 Mixed 74.1 141% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 40GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.3% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 16.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 81%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	910x
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 $129Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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