Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 00:51
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 166 2-Core 330 107% 197 Pts	4-Core 645 8-Core 643 86% 644 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 97% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 105 Splatting 106 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 22GB free Firmware: 3.1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2622 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1097 (A5) Unknown 100 100 189234 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 49 (AE) Unknown 100 100 294 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 30 206159151134 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 163 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 229 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7587852367 (F2) Unknown 100 100 39590269223	52.9% Above average	Read 456 Write 316 Mixed 345 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 9.09 48% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 9.88 12% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 56%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 16GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3800 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3033 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 875 (B5) Unknown 100 100 356482875465 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	72.3% Very good	Read 505 Write 195 Mixed 283 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 7.25 109% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 7.68 65% 155 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 72%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 79 13640368 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10743 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 610933198 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3044 (BB) vendor-specific 55 55 45 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 538509342 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 38654705694 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 53 151750398 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 4294967294 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 4294967294 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 143 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	47.1% Average	Read 85.2 Write 79.1 Mixed 74.6 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2969 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3471 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 27 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81% Excellent	Read 159 Write 123 Mixed 138 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 109%
WD 1600BEV External 160GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 108GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 38 Write 40.6 Mixed 6 33% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin MR[A/B]4U266GHHF8G 2x8GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 27.4 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 27.3 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 89%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	914x
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	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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