Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.97% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	292% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 21:16
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 285 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 795 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4842 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.97% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.31 7% 9.5 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.27 Splatting 16.8 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.97% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,102 Write 1,836 Mixed 1,654 415% 1,864 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 70.8 245% 88.6 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 209 221% 372 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 353%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 148GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6045 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2724 (B1) Unknown 92 92 274 (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 77 44 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 753 (EB) Unknown 99 99 236 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59825190570	105% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 436 Mixed 502 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 27.4 146% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 76.5 123% 238 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 47GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 30556082 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -9088150796919 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 836 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 356 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 19 47 25772883987 (C2) HDA temperature 19 47 25772883987 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30556082 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30556082 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30556082 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 51539607552 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1886 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1801 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1801 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1765 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1835023	65.5% Good	Read 424 Write 122 Mixed 174 52% 240 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 16.8 124% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 30.2 48% 89.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 75%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 819GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 85 2591 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1520 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3874 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1514 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 210453856277 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 116 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 39078 (F1) Unknown 94 94 9030354 (F2) Unknown 98 88 3279276	66.2% Good	Read 111 Write 120 Mixed 116 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.34 74% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 30.6 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 30.9 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	910x
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 $129Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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