Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	34.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 313 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 872 90% 724 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 232GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 930 Write 827 Mixed 624 176% 794 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 16 139% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 623 DQ Mixed 81.3 212% 447 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 44GB free Firmware: U21010RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 100 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 38 (A9) Unknown 100 100 36 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 201863462944 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4448 (F1) Unknown 253 253 982 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1146	82.9% Excellent	Read 488 Write 402 Mixed 443 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 5.3 100% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 31.5 86% 181 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 86%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4787748 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -5918464929009 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3783 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2253 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 37 60131966999 (C2) HDA temperature 23 37 60131966999 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4787748 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4787748 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4787748 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1252 (EA) Unknown 0 0 683 (F1) Unknown 0 0 683 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4869	73.2% Very good	Read 503 Write 184 Mixed 229 67% 305 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 16.8 112% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 73 92% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9469456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -81836306848893 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5098 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2807 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9469456 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9469456 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9469456 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 82 82 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16706 (EA) Unknown 0 0 40696 (F1) Unknown 0 0 40696 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17811	34.8% Below average	Read 189 Write 60.9 Mixed 90.2 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 11.8 70% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 75.3 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 18.5 27% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 51%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 720GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 37.1 Mixed 15.8 37% 30.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.17 45% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 21.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 23.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,904x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	765x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	364x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	781x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
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 $45Bench 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: $1,223

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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