Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.2% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '22 at 20:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 778 74% 614 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 2031 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 96.6 Parallax 85.6 68% 88.6 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 83.2 Splatting 75 67% 82.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 274 276 278 242 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 262 Mixed 269 SusWrite 266 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 37.5 158% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 276 217% 301 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 95%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 16GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 124 Write 119 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 88.1 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3111 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 26.7 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 71%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	910x
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	266x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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