Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	143% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.4 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 15:19
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 267 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 783 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% 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 below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 193 Parallax 178 144% 183 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 242GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2746 (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 66 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 110 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4706857912	111% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 424 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 47.5 176% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 111 123% 205 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 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 11705 (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 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 293 (F1) Unknown 99 99 74294746638	116% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 504 Mixed 515 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 45.8 167% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 134 142% 231 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% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,383 Write 565 Mixed 703 194% 884 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 24.2 141% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 102 123% 210 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 157%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 894GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^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 106 101 37 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 179 Mixed 166 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.3 130% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 (86^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 26.6 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 29.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 99%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,902x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	765x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	364x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	780x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,223

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 $45	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