Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.8% 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	85.2% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 04:04
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 526 70% 524 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.2 40% 45.8 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 37.8 32% 40 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25753 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 317 (B1) Unknown 94 94 63 (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 62 46 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 185 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40484498722	85.2% Excellent	Read 490 Write 342 Mixed 351 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 25.2 123% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 47.4 74% 137 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 676GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48229752 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4440 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 124637051 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 49 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101950 (C2) HDA temperature 32 51 81604378656 (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 15951508546226 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12107928320 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12169913370	102% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 194 Mixed 173 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2800 C16 Series 2x8GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 13.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 98%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	917x
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