Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.5% 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	165% 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.

Very high background CPU (97%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 17:03
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	97%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 250 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 541 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia Quadro M2000 5,678 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Nvidia(10DE 1190) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1651 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 29.4 Reflection 30.2 Parallax 27.7 24% 29.1 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 27.4 23% 27.6 fps
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 22%
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2956) 2GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 32.4 31% 35.7 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 34.6 Splatting 34.4 29% 35.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 231 233 229 228 224 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,267 Write 1,109 Mixed 498 SusWrite 276 175% 788 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 33.6 164% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1052 DQ Write 1,141 DQ Mixed 688 631% 961 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 236%
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3512GJ 512GB 8,131 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 476GB free Firmware: E8FK11.C SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 415 398 405 425 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 656 Mixed 551 SusWrite 438 121% 537 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 36.2 132% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 923 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 804 607% 817 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 148%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 79%

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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	912x
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 $182	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