Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270F GAMING  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161011
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 05 '17 at 07:49
Run Duration101 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 44%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (21st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
69.6% Good
Memory 75.2
1-Core 118
2-Core 211
76% 135 Pts
4-Core 349
8-Core 472
52% 411 Pts
64-Core 646
40% 646 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing below potential (21st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74.9% Very good
Lighting 94.8
Reflection 99.2
Parallax 83.9
77% 92.6 fps
MRender 85.8
Gravity 85.5
Splatting 86.4
70% 85.9 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
68.2% Good
Read 124
Write 115
Mixed 116
89% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.19
4K Write 0.47
4K Mixed 0.2
39% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
55.2% Above average
MC Read 22
MC Write 20.5
MC Mixed 18.2
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 10
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 12.3
38% 13.2 GB/s
Latency 89.9
44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 55.2%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical STRIX Z270F GAMING Builds (Compare 6,068 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,232
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