Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	75.3% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 14:52
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7320-$42 423 User benchmarks, average bench 73% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 234 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 360 47% 355 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 7.41 6% 8.73 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 15.7 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 136 100 904 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 53 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 105 (A9) Unknown 100 100 24 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 97 (AE) Unknown 100 100 314 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 240518168612 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18062 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12483 (F2) Unknown 253 253 15241	75.3% Very good	Read 507 Write 356 Mixed 415 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 3.76 86% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 26.4 73% 155 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 86%
Adata XPG SX6000 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$45 6,819 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 63GB free Firmware: V6005-a9 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 696 Write 529 Mixed 543 131% 589 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 28.7 137% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 57.3 87% 167 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 140%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 137 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 25.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	919x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	324x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	183x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $48Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $634

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16