Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	73% 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.

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	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '17 at 14:40
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 257 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 690 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 193 Parallax 173 149% 183 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 174 Splatting 120 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos Deluxe 240GB-$181 1,826 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 223GB free Firmware: 609ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4414022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 -76175539924958 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 160 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 35 45 94492229667 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 94492229667 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4414022 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4414022 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4414022 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 42726 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27416 (F1) Unknown 0 0 27416 (F2) Unknown 0 0 18759	84.5% Excellent	Read 496 Write 249 Mixed 313 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 20.5 137% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 80 100% 174 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 90%
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3014688 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 201 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 49 210454970405 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 38654705673 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 169 (EA) Unknown 100 100 236 (F1) Unknown 253 253 218 (F2) Unknown 253 253 174 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73% Very good	Read 499 Write 207 Mixed 231 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 17.6 100% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 33.2 84% 179 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 129 129 25788875049 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 158915231780 (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 0	104% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 174 Mixed 159 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.2 103% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 185 5583 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2403 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 135890 (C2) HDA temperature 118 96 32 (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	51% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 87.5 Mixed 86 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.23 100% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 584GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 40 Write 38.9 Mixed 17.3 39% 32.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.15 56% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 5,165 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 20.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 104%

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