Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.5% 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	229% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 03:39
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 268 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 719 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 117 Parallax 96.2 83% 105 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 104 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 338 338 314 314 315 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,956 Write 1,391 Mixed 623 SusWrite 378 240% 1,087 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 64.5 241% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,219 DQ Write 1,212 DQ Mixed 933 779% 1,121 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 236%
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 183GB free Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 385 399 404 403 404 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 373 Write 400 Mixed 268 SusWrite 396 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.7 156% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 190 168% 251 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 98%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 60GB free Firmware: 01.01V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 97 97 97 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 113 Write 97.2 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 95.7 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 388GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 132 132 133 133 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 164 Write 130 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 131 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 155 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 24.1 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 107%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

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	266x
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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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