Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	216% 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '17 at 23:10
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 262 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 701 76% 604 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 116 Parallax 100 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,960 Write 1,052 Mixed 1,121 303% 1,378 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 34.4 180% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 530 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 142 193% 355 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 236%
Kingston SNVP325S2256GB 256GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 32GB free Firmware: AGYA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 96 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2462 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1464876796800 (AA) Unknown 100 100 81613553762 (AD) Unknown 100 100 47277211821 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1347 (C2) HDA temperature 78 58 180389675030 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	41.5% Average	Read 200 Write 190 Mixed 207 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 10.8 70% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 49 DQ Mixed 10.4 15% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16010648 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 629 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33148540 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 464 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 63 487718941 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 109823 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 34359738397 (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 -90280212557732 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7961978731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7025524005919	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 165 Mixed 174 132% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 166 4541 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3846 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14153 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 81895 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	73.7% Very good	Read 149 Write 109 Mixed 128 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.2 64% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 84%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 31GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 156 4950 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7887 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3102 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7887 (C2) HDA temperature 114 99 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 63 63 27463 (F1) Unknown 200 200 47145002476 (F2) Unknown 200 200 89547094317	33.6% Below average	Read 59.4 Write 57.6 Mixed 57.1 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 64GB 1,861 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 25GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	9.59% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 13.4 Mixed 12 18% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.28 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.65 67% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.59% Great: 10%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 1TB 1,238 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 23GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 37.4 Write 38.4 Mixed 14.4 37% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.3 52% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 20%

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 (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 104%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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