Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.7% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 07:59
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 249 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 787 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 159 Parallax 149 128% 155 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 146 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14264 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 728 (B1) Unknown 94 94 316 (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 61 44 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 123 (EB) Unknown 99 99 279 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27576401580	98.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 468 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 25.7 134% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 23.2 91% 205 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 124%
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 23GB free Firmware: Q0125A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7015 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 34 (A3) Unknown 100 100 9 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8897 (A5) Unknown 100 100 39 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (94) Unknown 100 100 9371 (95) Unknown 100 100 305 (96) Unknown 100 100 201 (97) Unknown 100 100 275 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 28488 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28488 (F2) Unknown 100 100 60636 (F5) Unknown 100 100 71176	73% Very good	Read 501 Write 307 Mixed 340 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 15.9 99% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 34.1 52% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 107%
Seagate Constellation CS 3TB 667 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 3TB free Firmware: CNC2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 118257864 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 999 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1344652 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 589037601 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1004 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 68719476769 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82% Excellent	Read 143 Write 143 Mixed 141 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.16 88% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 776GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65814008 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80368005 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1253 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590262277 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 521797660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 49 49 102953 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 47244640284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 38 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -83889301215725 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24981318971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1003141651251	99.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 173 Mixed 163 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 184GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133722600 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90927073 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1253 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 555417630 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 57 57 87275 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 47244640286 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119133802845495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23367225346 (F2) Unknown 100 253 287819936104	73.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 123 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 112%

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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.7 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 79%

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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 $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