Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 14:47
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 146 2-Core 253 94% 165 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 767 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 203 Parallax 187 145% 189 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 182 Splatting 126 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 242GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2745 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 529 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4689299103	109% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 408 Mixed 418 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 46.7 171% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 108 120% 202 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 183GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11704 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1192 (B1) Unknown 96 96 230 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 293 (F1) Unknown 99 99 74277306984	116% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 501 Mixed 517 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 45.9 167% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 128 138% 226 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,392 Write 564 Mixed 808 202% 921 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 44.6 169% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 101 124% 213 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 157%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 894GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 2333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 144 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 639 (C2) HDA temperature 105 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 177 Mixed 164 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.35 140% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C15K4 2x8GB 5,197 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 27 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 38.7 SC Mixed 28.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 99%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,928x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	772x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	367x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	912x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	787x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	784x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	269x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	269x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	198x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	358x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	290x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16