Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '20 at 21:48
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 398 48% 370 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 107 84% 108 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 100 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB-$94 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 291 298 271 266 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 374 Mixed 233 SusWrite 284 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 46.3 165% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 235 201% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
Hgst HUS726T6TALE6L4 6TB 792 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 5.5TB free Firmware: VKGNW460 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 246 256 247 249 250 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 248 Write 250 Mixed 116 SusWrite 249 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 1.7 9% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 28%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 362GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 178 180 179 182 182 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 97 Mixed 77.8 SusWrite 180 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 114%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 104%

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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	323x
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 $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	49x

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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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