Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	13.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '20 at 22:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 693 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 116 Parallax 98 84% 106 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 97 Splatting 102 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 193 173 199 199 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 376 Mixed 246 SusWrite 197 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 51.4 184% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 246 206% 300 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 305GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 90 90 89 91 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 89.8 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500820AS 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 380GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 460 469 458 458 465 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 449 Write 478 Mixed 331 SusWrite 462 317% 430 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 41.2 8,042% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 251 2,586% 315 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 77%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 26GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 20 10 19 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 132 Write 59.5 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 24.1 86% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 3.5 218% 3.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 94%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	917x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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