Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.6% 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	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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '24 at 08:48
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 727 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 120 104% 128 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 118 Splatting 107 92% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 44 49 47 47 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 74GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 253 82 81 80 79 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 457 Mixed 393 SusWrite 155 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 47.2 159% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 835GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 164 166 164 166 165 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 152 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 163 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 106%
Samsung STORY Station 1.5TB 903 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 144GB free, PID 5f06 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 64.8 Write 22.6 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 40.6 50% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 69% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,438 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 724GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 103 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 89.5 Write 92.1 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 102 103% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.3 70% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 16: 0P 1R 3G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
16%	8%	75	217	59	60	27.9"	1280 720	AUS28B1 ASUS VP28U

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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	218x
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16