Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.2% 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	67.4% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '20 at 16:24
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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-$230 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 787 77% 633 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.2% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 136 Parallax 126 100% 128 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 133 Splatting 116 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 130 128 105 89 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 133 Write 194 Mixed 158 SusWrite 115 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 36.9 155% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 144 118% 169 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 66%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 37GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 61 61 60 61 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 184 Write 64.3 Mixed 91.2 SusWrite 60.3 22% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 35.4 124% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 81.2 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 68.4 52% 71.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 52%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 35GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,197 Write 630 Mixed 655 251% 1,161 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 75.7 286% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1,274 DQ Write 616 DQ Mixed 813 639% 901 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 64GB 841 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 5GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.2 2.2 3.9 1.5 2.5 3.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	5.78% Terrible	Read 24 Write 0.3 Mixed 10 SusWrite 3.3 9% 9.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 23% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.78% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,232 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 27.5 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 42.6 SC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 108%

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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 $245Bench 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 $37Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $623

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16