Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '21 at 00:17
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 835 82% 669 Pts	64-Core 833 52% 833 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2575 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 155 Parallax 143 116% 147 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 151 Splatting 129 108% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 585 584 589 579 588 579 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,242 Write 1,594 Mixed 1,286 SusWrite 584 265% 1,176 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 85.8 305% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,376 DQ Write 1,210 DQ Mixed 1,354 998% 1,313 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 267%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 235GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 289 241 285 292 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 405 Mixed 349 SusWrite 296 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 42.6 162% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 195 188% 295 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 129 130 130 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 143 Write 126 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 128 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%
Asmt 2115 2TB 399 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 339GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 87 86 87 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 84.5 Write 65.9 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 86.5 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 26.3 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 27.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	919x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	324x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	184x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	268x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16