Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.8% 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	88.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 17:54
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 710 80% 629 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 114 Parallax 114 85% 111 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 87.8 76% 93.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 261 114 86 41 45 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 474 Write 433 Mixed 372 SusWrite 143 80% 356 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 35.5 151% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 200 189% 295 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 99%
WDC WD10EZEX-00R 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 92GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 110 112 112 111 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.6% Average	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 111 165% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 59% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 27.7 98% 34.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 103%

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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 $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	928x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	327x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	186x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	272x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	220x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	204x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	49x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	57x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	37x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $790

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16