Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.7% 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	34.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '21 at 00:46
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 182 84% 140 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 638 68% 541 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.7% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 115 Parallax 106 83% 108 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 621GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 461 473 479 485 485 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 413 Mixed 412 SusWrite 476 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 64.1 207% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 64 32 50 83 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 18.4 Write 326 Mixed 370 SusWrite 63.8 45% 195 MB/s	4K Read 11.9 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 14.4 82% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 75.4 DQ Mixed 0.1 33% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 70%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 193GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 436 439 440 429 387 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 478 Mixed 465 SusWrite 434 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 58.5 202% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x8GB 24,552 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2473 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 15.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 98%

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Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	914x
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 $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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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