Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 02:09
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 802 80% 649 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 64.8 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 82 53% 70.7 fps	MRender 67.5 Gravity 62.5 Splatting 54.7 50% 61.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G3SA754D117-485 240GB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th 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 7066 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2409 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 330 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 57 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 108983 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 110 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 91 (A3) Unknown 100 100 38 (A4) Unknown 100 100 96900 (A5) Unknown 100 100 142 (A6) Unknown 100 100 41 (A7) Unknown 100 100 96 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 74 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14088 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33247	94.9% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 301 Mixed 377 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 34.9 144% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 69.5 110% 209 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 97%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 207GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 76 148751060 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 468607870 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3426 (BB) vendor-specific 57 57 43 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 45 41 940965943 (C2) HDA temperature 55 59 51539607607 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 52 239196535 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	51.9% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 88.7 Mixed 80 65% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 174GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133220288 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46835738 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2093 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 46 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 49 47 856948787 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 52 52 96070 (C2) HDA temperature 51 53 60129542195 (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 59970628358768 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28350411394 (F2) Unknown 100 253 201402330063	87.2% Excellent	Read 155 Write 149 Mixed 158 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.19 71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 26.3 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 - $129

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	914x
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 $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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	56x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	35x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $655

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 $179	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