Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	138% 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	220% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170616
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 00:46
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$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 (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 151 2-Core 296 101% 182 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 814 84% 676 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 213 Parallax 187 160% 199 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 192 Splatting 132 124% 154 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,077 Write 1,239 Mixed 1,189 331% 1,502 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 29.8 194% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 59.5 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 28.2 43% 78.2 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 142650819 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 684 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8234732 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -60116657241583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (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 68 45 673120288 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 944 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 85899345952 (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 -123480309759519 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1817695421 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1742926176 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.4% Good	Read 150 Write 68.6 Mixed 49.6 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.24 4K Write 3.62 4K Mixed 0.14 259% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 174483366 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 678 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8693670 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16995185590803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (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 67 44 689963041 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 940 (C2) HDA temperature 33 56 85899345953 (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 34445637714409 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1819104740 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1773836969 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	74.4% Very good	Read 174 Write 84.3 Mixed 53.4 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.52 253% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 3,530 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4266 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 46.5 MC Write 51.1 MC Mixed 34 125% 43.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 52 SC Mixed 37.1 109% 38.1 GB/s	Latency 43.4 92% 43.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%

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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	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	119x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	100x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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