Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus TUF Z270 MARK 2  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170322
Uptime5.7 Days
Run DateJun 18 '18 at 17:54
Run Duration220 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 83.2
1-Core 140
2-Core 279
91% 167 Pts
4-Core 509
8-Core 513
68% 511 Pts
64-Core 537
33% 537 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 89%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 144
Parallax 132
106% 135 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 128
Splatting 107
93% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 872F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
6.42% Terrible
Lighting 6.8
Reflection 9.58
Parallax 6.66
6% 7.68 fps
MRender 8.57
Gravity 6.13
Splatting 13.5
8% 9.41 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.42%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
315GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
89% Excellent
Read 160
Write 150
Mixed 137
112% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.76
4K Write 2.05
4K Mixed 0.29
102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 89%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.4% Above average
MC Read 19.2
MC Write 16.7
MC Mixed 16
49% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 17
45% 15.6 GB/s
Latency 74.9
53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 50.4%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical TUF Z270 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 1,895 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $664
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