Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	210% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	35.6 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '18 at 11:03
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 236 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 663 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3733) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2105 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 48.9 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 40.8 40% 40.8 fps	MRender 45.2 Gravity 43.4 Splatting 38.3 34% 42.3 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 335 332 331 325 321 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 2,315 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,227 SusWrite 382 298% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 65.5 216% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 788 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 541 417% 578 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 280%
Seagate ST3000DM003-1F216N 3TB 4,050 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 727GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 84 85 85 85 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 80.9 Write 66.1 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 83.7 54% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 99%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 57GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 53 54 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 53.8 Mixed 30.4 SusWrite 53.6 35% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 45%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 169GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 56 57 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 84.9 Write 77 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 56.5 51% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 887GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 102 103 104 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 63.9 Write 59 Mixed 28.4 SusWrite 103 46% 63.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 40GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2472, 2472, 2472 MHz 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 26.4 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 25.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 81%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	911x
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 $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) $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