Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	101% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	36.7 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 23:38
Run Duration	371 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 210 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 611 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8586) 2GB CLim: 1533 MHz, MLim: 1733 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 27.6 Reflection 28 Parallax 21.1 22% 25.6 fps	Gravity 27.2 Splatting 29 25% 28.1 fps
Poor: 22% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4816 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 307 (B1) Unknown 96 96 69 (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 60 54 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29975927814	101% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 396 Mixed 410 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 42.4 158% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 115 101% 156 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 169 6433 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3014 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3012 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21586 (C2) HDA temperature 117 101 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.3% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 98 Mixed 92.5 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39916376 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64609543 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 632 (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 67 55 555221025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2399 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 77309411361 (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 -46325517245335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14381735198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 128690034228	87.6% Excellent	Read 138 Write 166 Mixed 130 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.62 192% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 108%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 642 (03) Spinup time 161 158 6950 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 25148 (C2) HDA temperature 116 79 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 197 192 536 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 194 193 804	33.6% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 61.6 Mixed 61.1 45% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.35 99% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 51%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 113GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 108 (03) Spinup time 141 141 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 9622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 26972 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 840 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 209101 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 214749216798 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	22.4% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.7 Mixed 38.2 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.26 70% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 45%
ST3000DM 003-1F216N 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 119 Write 113 Mixed 64.1 121% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 59%
Generic- Multiple Reader 16GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 1GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Read 17.9 Write 9.97 Mixed 12.3 16% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.84 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 18% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GU6AFR8N-TF Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBR 40GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	919x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	324x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	183x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16