Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	24.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '17 at 01:57
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 93 2-Core 188 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 375 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Lighting 29 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 33.4 24% 31 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 25.9 Splatting 34.1 25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 450GB free Firmware: D005DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 77 181882566 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13024941198 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3769 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 50320 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 13322747930 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 823 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 19 19 163761 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 45 181882566 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72494752997084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1401345453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3863840236 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.5% Average	Read 72.4 Write 68.9 Mixed 67.8 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.35 70% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 354GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 354 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 936 (C2) HDA temperature 112 98 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 142 Mixed 133 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.27 105% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.03B04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 19 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7490 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7482 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7489 (C2) HDA temperature 113 96 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.4% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 70.7 Mixed 57.2 47% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.03 4K Write 0.52 4K Mixed 0.06 17% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB2-CRC 1x8GB 3,415 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 11.9 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 47%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	916x
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 $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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16