Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 09:28
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 886 91% 732 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB; NE51060015J9-1060D CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2103 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 81 Parallax 70.2 65% 76.9 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 75.9 61% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 348 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 217GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q 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 99 99 1431 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 334 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3929248213	105% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 404 Mixed 419 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 41.3 149% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 125 149% 261 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 132%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 99 99 3098 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 793 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 18 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12646316525	86.2% Excellent	Read 499 Write 406 Mixed 417 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 23.7 130% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 21 31% 56.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 124%
Transcend SSD320 256GB-$419 137 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 66GB free Firmware: 5.0.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2549064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 111986977291040 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4087 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2994 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 81 1095221968925 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2549064 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2549064 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2549064 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14017 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12709 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12709 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23498	53.5% Above average	Read 198 Write 184 Mixed 134 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 13.4 91% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 52.8 75% 138 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 92%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 42GB free Firmware: 501ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4235048 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -23811298672488 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4740 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 3991 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 75 42954588184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4235048 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4235048 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4235048 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4325 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3928 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3928 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9885	63.8% Good	Read 500 Write 138 Mixed 217 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 9.98 102% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 40.1 59% 111 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 875GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 75 75 8240 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 7981 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 6861 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 54 336396308 (C2) HDA temperature 78 53 369950742 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16573 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	57.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 97.5 Mixed 69.2 67% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.34 108% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 466GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7360 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15030 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40137 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7024 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 42012 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 11 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 109 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 42012 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 53	45.3% Average	Read 78 Write 79.4 Mixed 79.6 60% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.44 110% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 3,868 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2TB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 116 154% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x8GB 1,180 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 37.7 MC Mixed 27.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 32 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 44.9 89% 44.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 123%

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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) $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