Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.4% 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	218% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '18 at 18:27
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 791 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 13.1 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.9 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 286 286 288 283 283 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,862 Write 1,471 Mixed 561 SusWrite 340 234% 1,059 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 57.3 236% 96.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,088 DQ Write 1,204 DQ Mixed 795 696% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 236%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 309GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 458 276 248 248 252 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 462 Mixed 376 SusWrite 325 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 40.7 156% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 320 242% 325 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 98%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 123GB 3,622 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 36GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 152 Write 77 Mixed 83.5 119% 104 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 3.1 195% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 37%
Corsair Voyager Mini 3.0 32GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 10GB free, PID 1a0c Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 20 20 19 17 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	29% Poor	Read 150 Write 45.6 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 18.9 54% 56 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 4.17 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G4D30AEEA.K8FE 2x4GB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	912x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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