Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 22:52
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 294 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 796 84% 674 Pts	64-Core 805 50% 805 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.2 89% 108 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,851 Write 1,378 Mixed 586 280% 1,272 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 58.4 260% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 1,156 DQ Mixed 1,083 823% 1,102 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 14GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 346 Write 334 Mixed 250 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.6 150% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 342 249% 322 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 104%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 297GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 90 90 92 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 93.3 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 90.5 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 55%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 688GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 78 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	49% Average	Read 94 Write 90.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 76.8 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 55%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 536GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 105 104 104 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 88 Write 67 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 103 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 67%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 29GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 12 28 28 33 33 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 140 Write 25.5 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 24.9 55% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 2.6 134% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 38%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 128GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 102GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 47 48 49 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 90 Write 45.5 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 47.6 68% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 4.5 262% 5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 18.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.6 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 88%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $275	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