Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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	334% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '18 at 19:11
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 578 8-Core 580 77% 579 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 95.8 90% 107 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 254GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1903 845 597 596 598 599 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,558 Write 2,053 Mixed 938 SusWrite 856 356% 1,601 MB/s	4K Read 71.2 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 97.1 329% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,833 DQ Write 1,645 DQ Mixed 1,615 1,245% 1,698 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 340%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 126GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 478 486 488 491 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 463 Mixed 249 SusWrite 485 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.7 162% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 162 172% 286 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 223GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 486 485 487 491 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 410 Mixed 263 SusWrite 487 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.9 161% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 163 173% 288 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 363GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 152 151 153 154 153 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 83 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 152 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 328GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 79 80 79 79 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 95 Mixed 59.8 SusWrite 78.6 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 31 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 39.8 SC Mixed 32.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	918x
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 $94Bench 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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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