Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	62.7% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	11.5 Days
Run Date	May 11 '19 at 00:09
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 84 1-Core 120 2-Core 231 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 648 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 143 Parallax 123 106% 132 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 161 237 212 112 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 443 Write 199 Mixed 263 SusWrite 163 59% 267 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 29.8 80% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 92.9 DQ Mixed 177 137% 195 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 109%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 27GB free Firmware: P0624AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 162 121 76 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 486 Write 429 Mixed 384 SusWrite 136 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 40.4 135% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 245 205% 297 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 199 193 196 199 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 187 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 195 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 795GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 158 158 157 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 77 SusWrite 158 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 113%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 286GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 83 Write 93.2 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 91.6 58% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 59%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 1TB 2,431 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 226GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 13 32 32 15 36 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 10.2 Write 45.5 SusWrite 25.9 41% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 48% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2400 C16 Series 1x16GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2187 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 49%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	914x
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	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: 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 $15	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