Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.2% 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	232% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 16:37
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$56 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 270 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 424 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.2% Average	Lighting 60.2 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 60.1 49% 62.5 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 52.4 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 1,314 Mixed 1,208 335% 1,516 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 28.2 166% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 455 DQ Mixed 240 254% 422 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 113442560 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 761392 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 70 370147350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 645 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 51539607574 (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 -106940390703077 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2328533021 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27916548623	95.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 159 Mixed 156 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 114%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 92GB free Firmware: GM4OA57A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 92 65536 (02) Throughput performance 132 100 140 (03) Spinup time 118 100 25791234372 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4382 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 100 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4239 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4656 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4656 (C2) HDA temperature 240 115 231929217049 (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	43.1% Average	Read 75.7 Write 74.5 Mixed 72.8 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.29 72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 31.4 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 44.1 SC Mixed 32.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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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