Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1202 x 676 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 139 2-Core 248 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 678 69% 560 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 42.8 Parallax 39.3 37% 42.5 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 35.3 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 25 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 56 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 28 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1639192303	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 405 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 48.6 182% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 56.3 109% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 92GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 100 1598 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 590 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3178 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3231 (A9) Unknown 100 100 22 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3202 (AE) Unknown 100 100 180 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 100 214748364834 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 107 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 313740 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4257 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2231	71.4% Very good	Read 512 Write 205 Mixed 291 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 4.23 108% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 22.3 66% 140 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 102GB free Firmware: 58.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 193 193 71712 (03) Spinup time 165 151 4708 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4770 (05) Reallocated sector count 186 186 106 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1706 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6701 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 31104004 (C4) Reallocation count 94 94 106 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 193 239 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 14 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 62530	13.9% Very poor	Read 6.18 Write 41.7 Mixed 4 12% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 58%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 284GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 83.9 Write 81.2 Mixed 63.2 96% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2133 C14 Series 2x8GB 464 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 79%

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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 $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 $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 $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 $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