Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	214% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 16:59
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$249 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 793 84% 670 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 107 85% 109 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 101 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 228GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17078 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1735 (B1) Unknown 98 98 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 262 (F1) Unknown 99 99 34499808570	106% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 403 Mixed 418 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.6 176% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 41.5 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 108 99% 144 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 167GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5135 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 768 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 321 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9647702227	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 404 Mixed 412 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 45.6 176% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 119 145% 256 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,864 Write 1,181 Mixed 1,184 312% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 28.8 164% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 478 DQ Write 374 DQ Mixed 197 210% 350 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 500GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 377GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 90.8 131% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 55%
Prolific ATAPI-6 Bridge C 640GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 196GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 92.2 Write 89.2 Mixed 78.6 110% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.17 45% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 94%

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Gaming 71%

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	927x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	327x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	186x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	272x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	220x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	204x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	57x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	37x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $799

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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