Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 18:09
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 140 2-Core 271 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 769 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2747 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 205 Parallax 179 150% 189 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 173 Splatting 122 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 67 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23134492 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 201 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 60 257699545126 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 347896086609 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1032 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2073 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1607 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1981 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 497 Write 344 Mixed 320 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 12.7 91% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 70.9 DQ Mixed 12.9 21% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 100%
WD WD20EARX-008FB0 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 112 (03) Spinup time 148 148 38687146375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 214749806637 (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	104% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 180 Mixed 201 142% 187 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 4.45 4K Mixed 0.59 190% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 101 (03) Spinup time 148 148 38687277450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 549 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 210454904875 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 177 Mixed 190 143% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.23 4K Mixed 0.42 148% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 121%
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 (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 185 5666 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2485 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38157 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 452 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 136138 (C2) HDA temperature 123 96 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	50.8% Above average	Read 95.1 Write 81.6 Mixed 94.5 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.17 89% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25788940598 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 101 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 176095100959 (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	87.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 156 Mixed 158 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 5,165 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 104%

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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	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