Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 22:43
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 720 78% 617 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 85% 109 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 97.1 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 241GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14637 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1544 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 245 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32701780614	106% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 405 Mixed 419 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 46.9 174% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 103 96% 141 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2694 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 573 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 309 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8718318603	111% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 407 Mixed 413 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.5 167% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 113 142% 254 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 500GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 337GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 101 Write 108 Mixed 87 127% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 55%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 640GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 237GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 96.9 Write 88.3 Mixed 79.4 111% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 24.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 94%

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	927x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	327x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	186x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	272x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	220x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	204x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	56x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	57x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	37x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16