Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.77% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	243% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '17 at 01:21
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 789 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4534 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 7.91 7% 9.37 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 6.97 Splatting 16.6 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,191 Write 1,228 Mixed 1,159 336% 1,526 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 41.5 192% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 616 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 225 246% 417 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 236%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 698GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 170 1416 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5416 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2580 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 781 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20751 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 31 (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	71.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 123 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.3 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 518GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2489 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1227 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 65 39 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22754738858
Poor: 34% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 28.3 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 42 SC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	728x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	184x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $916

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