Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus TUF Z270 MARK 2 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 02:37
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 546 73% 544 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 146 Parallax 124 109% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 104 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 71GB free Firmware: JURA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 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 5762 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1164 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 161 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C2) HDA temperature 71 61 167504707613 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	110% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 488 Mixed 507 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 43.2 145% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 182 173% 271 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%
PNY CS1311 480GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2654 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 641 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 100 100 387 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720931 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10183	41.9% Average	Read 518 Write 244 Mixed 355 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 2.53 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 10.6 17% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 99%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 254GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 121 6491 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6637 (05) Reallocated sector count 163 163 296 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31461 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2875 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 135 135 195764 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 282 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 186 113 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 0	55.3% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 95.9 Mixed 88.8 70% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 32.4 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 40 SC Mixed 29.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 103%

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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 $229Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	945x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	331x
Core i7-7700Intel $155Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	188x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	276x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	225x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	211x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	57x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	59x
DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 25,457 samples	40x

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