Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '22 at 02:14
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 208 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 659 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.59 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 134 Parallax 121 98% 125 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 126 Splatting 113 92% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+224G 240GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 16.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 154 228 224 252 256 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
Poor: 33% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$64 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 197GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 109 114 116 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 151 Write 118 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 114 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 638GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 116 116 116 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 113 Write 98.4 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 116 73% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2A2133C13 32GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 106%

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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%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16