Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (56%). 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '21 at 23:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 way below expectations (14^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 232 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 475 53% 419 Pts	64-Core 565 35% 565 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.3% Very good	Lighting 88.8 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 86.5 72% 88.6 fps	MRender 85.9 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 91.8 72% 87.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 482GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 366 382 412 404 336 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 385 Write 375 Mixed 349 SusWrite 371 84% 370 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 38.7 124% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 50.7 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 70.9 62% 88.2 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 133%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 134 80 0.9 139 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 365 Write 373 Mixed 309 SusWrite 107 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 62.2 4K Mixed 28.4 100% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 43.3 43% 65 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 822GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 125 128 127 128 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 113 Write 42.4 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 124 65% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 16.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 109%

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

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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 $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