Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	188% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170405
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 15:08
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 281 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 536 69% 520 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 36FC) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 94.5 Reflection 98.7 Parallax 78.2 77% 90.5 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 102 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 411GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 929 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 627 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 94 94 5420 (EB) Unknown 99 99 585 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4917900539	120% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 407 Mixed 414 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 53.2 196% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 119 142% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,785 Write 885 Mixed 1,095 276% 1,255 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 30.6 198% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 30.7 50% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 250GB 4,026 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 165GB free Firmware: EMT41B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3779 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 620 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (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 69 35 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 245 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15684097968	109% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 423 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.4 167% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 109 140% 252 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 117GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 2741 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 985 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 867 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 404 (C2) HDA temperature 120 100 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52.3% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 92.2 Mixed 85.6 67% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.46 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 85%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 26GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 84.9 124% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	78.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.4 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 23.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 95%

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Gaming 107%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	509x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	121x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

SSD
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	51x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	38x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16