Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.7% 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	109% 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	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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 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	20161108
Uptime	13.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '23 at 01:49
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 568 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 522.25 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 102 Parallax 102 86% 103 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 91.8 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 410 426 434 442 442 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 383 Write 452 Mixed 392 SusWrite 408 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 52.5 168% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 158 174% 293 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 693GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 427 448 456 460 460 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 475 Mixed 447 SusWrite 426 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 51.9 171% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 55GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,360 Write 2,216 Mixed 1,786 472% 2,120 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 67 220% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 941 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 838 618% 819 MB/s
Poor: 223% Great: 435%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL15-17-17 D4-3000 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CL15-17-17 D4-3000 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 58%

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

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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	921x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	324x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	185x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	269x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	202x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $39Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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