Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 04:26
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 677 64% 528 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.3% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 106 Parallax 90.1 76% 96.4 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 95.7 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 198 195 112 112 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 471 Mixed 339 SusWrite 170 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 53.2 193% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 255 211% 304 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 370GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 56.2 Mixed 29 SusWrite 94.5 83% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 44%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 32GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 73 76 73 43 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 6.2 Mixed 28 SusWrite 69.5 53% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2 142% 4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 1x8GB 22,600 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2460 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 46%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	919x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	323x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	183x

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	202x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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