Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	49.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 19:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 146 2-Core 290 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 571 76% 568 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 123 110% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 70GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1193 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 161 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C2) HDA temperature 74 61 167504707610 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 490 Mixed 506 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 44.5 149% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 205 184% 280 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
PNY CS1311 480GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2731 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 387 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786467 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10401	49.7% Average	Read 517 Write 288 Mixed 277 79% 361 MB/s	4K Read 5.59 4K Write 26.2 4K Mixed 0.001 22% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 33.5 49% 94.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 99%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 248GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 121 6175 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6705 (05) Reallocated sector count 163 163 296 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2904 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 801 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 135 135 196726 (C2) HDA temperature 116 95 31 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 282 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 186 113 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	52.8% Above average	Read 87.9 Write 95.8 Mixed 94 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.15 71% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 32.7 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.4 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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	918x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	323x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	182x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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	48x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16