Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '19 at 09:12
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 763 72% 599 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.05% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.61 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.05% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 182 Parallax 180 154% 184 fps	MRender 206 Gravity 163 Splatting 112 126% 160 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 101 77 83 77 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 457 Write 256 Mixed 154 SusWrite 96.6 53% 241 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 30.8 143% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 113 119% 199 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 908GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 121 123 121 117 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 121 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 84%
WD My Passport Essential 500GB 1,381 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 123GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 37 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 34.2 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 36.1 45% 33.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 30 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 52.3 76% 52.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	916x
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	202x

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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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