Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93% 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 Drive	256% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 14:21
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 159 2-Core 314 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 885 87% 713 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2096 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 127 Parallax 104 95% 116 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 109 Splatting 113 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,524 Write 1,372 Mixed 1,603 404% 1,833 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 39.2 223% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 57 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 35.3 52% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 292%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 114GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,455 Write 300 Mixed 466 160% 740 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 29 186% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 658 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 19.4 137% 328 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 147%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 87GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7982 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4211 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 76 76 728 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2131 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 44 244812415006 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5488 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 76 76 24 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 160000818543 (F7) Unknown 100 100 904840752 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2085808687	45.5% Average	Read 264 Write 202 Mixed 227 51% 231 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 13.7 72% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 40.8 DQ Mixed 13.2 15% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 91%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 6375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 932 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2241 (C2) HDA temperature 122 104 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 137 Write 145 Mixed 134 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.27 123% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 972GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 16 (03) Spinup time 179 174 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5320 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1427 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 521 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17488 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 28 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 106 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 465GB free Firmware: D005SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18138634 (03) Spinup time 100 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 129200570585 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2559 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 466 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 50 50 101258 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 43 18138634 (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 -39513699112229 (F1) Unknown 100 253 859138999 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3156371766 (FE) Unknown 1 1 18	52.1% Above average	Read 90.4 Write 91.2 Mixed 90.8 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.37 91% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 58%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 16GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	29.2% Poor	Read 138 Write 28.7 Mixed 40.8 68% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.64 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.49 53% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 2x8GB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.2% Above average	MC Read 19.9 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 15.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 103%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,895x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
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 $40Bench 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: $1,224

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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