Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	41.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	237% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 below expectations (11^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 184 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 632 54% 462 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.1% Average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.5 39% 49 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 53.8 46% 56.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,316 Write 1,135 Mixed 1,313 349% 1,588 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 36 198% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 427 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 118 163% 299 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD 64GB-$56 3,862 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 60GB free Firmware: 1.0.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4366 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1681 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 227 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 756 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1502 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12831258352 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13364842637	36.8% Below average	Read 441 Write 122 Mixed 120 49% 228 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 8.86 4K Mixed 4.97 38% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 7.28 DQ Mixed 4.73 7% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 842GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19938632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52108056 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1700 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 43420811291 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3461 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25623774900580 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19110840701 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30273183256	106% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 182 Mixed 177 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.34 106% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB 313 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 19.2 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 107%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	913x
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 $133	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