Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 21:20
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$242 712,312 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)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 792 84% 669 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.9 94% 111 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.5 81% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 14 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 68 65 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 110478356	103% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 407 Mixed 421 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 35.4 153% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 118 130% 216 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
SSD Smartbuy 240GB 1,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 171GB free Firmware: SAFM00.f Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6806 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2211 (AA) Unknown 97 97 4294967867 (AD) Unknown 100 100 444931107 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9586	80.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 306 Mixed 393 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 8.76 99% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 11.5 90% 208 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 100 3218952 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 2054 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 70 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 103079215133 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 144 Mixed 138 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.15 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 104%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 938GB free Firmware: ML6OAA10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 169 169 25793724701 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 144 144 30 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3441 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3441 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 244814250014 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 98.6 Write 118 Mixed 93.5 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.31 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 224GB free Firmware: GK8OA70M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 111 111 34395783697 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2828 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 34 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3511 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3511 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 283468955686 (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 2	29.2% Poor	Read 49.4 Write 51.8 Mixed 54.1 39% 51.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.48 117% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 47%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 12GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 73.2 Write 9.25 Mixed 14.1 29% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.84 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.07 38% 3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.8 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 110%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	913x
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	201x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	91x
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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $656

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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