Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


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 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.7% 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	328% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 05:31
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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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 i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 559 75% 563 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 116 Parallax 120 101% 120 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 103 Splatting 82.7 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 663 664 666 662 637 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	328% Outstanding	Read 2,593 Write 2,367 Mixed 1,250 SusWrite 672 383% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 71.4 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 100 346% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 1,799 DQ Write 1,638 DQ Mixed 1,596 1,231% 1,678 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 328% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 84GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 8,716 Write 8,080 Mixed 8,021 1,847% 8,272 MB/s	4K Read 785 4K Write 340 4K Mixed 417 1,903% 514 MB/s	DQ Read 2,302 DQ Write 1,978 DQ Mixed 2,119 1,594% 2,133 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 122%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 374GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 156 158 158 157 158 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 191 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 156 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 184%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 398GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 74 76 76 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 81.2 Write 70.9 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 76.3 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$31 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2546 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 24.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

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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	184x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	268x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16