Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	105% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '19 at 03:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 468 66% 488 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.34 0% 6.73 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 8C94) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 79.8 Parallax 69.1 63% 75.4 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 75 60% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 195 203 203 200 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 453 Mixed 270 SusWrite 202 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 49.4 189% 71.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 250 206% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 728GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 171 170 172 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 167 Mixed 106 SusWrite 170 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x4GB 2,249 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 25 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 25.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	910x
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 $129Bench 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	91x
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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $664

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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