Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	83% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 20:28
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7320-$72 423 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 237 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 363 49% 363 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6136 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.31 6% 8.73 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 354 345 343 339 342 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 482 Write 326 Mixed 220 SusWrite 342 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 13.1 110% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 86.6 115% 205 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 86%
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 73GB free Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 562 496 33 68 115 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 704 Write 632 Mixed 469 SusWrite 318 119% 531 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 52 185% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 381 DQ Mixed 294 231% 314 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 140%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2448, 2448, 2448, 2448 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27.4 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 34 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	910x
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 $129Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

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