Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 16:58
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 542 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 68.2 64% 75.3 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 74 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin MKNSSDRE480GB-3D 480GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 306GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0330C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 478 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 53 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2617 (A5) Unknown 100 100 39 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (94) Unknown 100 100 1158 (95) Unknown 100 100 158 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 72 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 36266 (F2) Unknown 100 100 36687 (F5) Unknown 100 100 83744	94.8% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 461 Mixed 477 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 26.3 129% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 72.8 84% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 95%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387984813 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 224 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 237 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 137439871002 (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	112% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 190 Mixed 178 142% 190 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.22 115% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 488GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204716280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 4881613448 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6511 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 77 77 23 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 437256218 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14077 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 47244640282 (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 -22454088997747 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9989808229021 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -102880295173983	104% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 174 Mixed 182 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 181GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 2450 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8516 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11240 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 26 (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	89.8% Excellent	Read 176 Write 136 Mixed 137 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.24 104% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 109%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 16GB-$19 1,806 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 11GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 110 Write 9.57 Mixed 23.1 42% 47.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.51 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.75 80% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 83%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	911x
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 $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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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) $30	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