Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics83% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus TUF Z270 MARK 2  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161208
Uptime3.9 Days
Run DateJul 30 '17 at 20:49
Run Duration93 Seconds
Run User BGR-User
Background CPU 21%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 118
2-Core 242
82% 148 Pts
4-Core 445
8-Core 441
59% 443 Pts
64-Core 432
27% 432 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
83% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 114
Parallax 105
85% 108 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 95.3
Splatting 99.2
79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 83%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
657GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Read 139
Write 138
Mixed 145
106% 141 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 1.18
4K Mixed 0.18
67% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.6% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 26.3
MC Mixed 22.7
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 19.7
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 76.5
52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical TUF Z270 MARK 2 Builds (Compare 1,904 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $629
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