Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.6 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	Sep 01 '17 at 22:29
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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 2.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 71.9 1-Core 32.4 2-Core 60.5 38% 54.9 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 356 33% 273 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 53.5% 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2071 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.5% Very good	Lighting 83.5 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 68% 103 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 109 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 479GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	198% Outstanding	Read 2,011 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,258 342% 1,547 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 26.6 98% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 18.4 32% 63.7 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 198% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,813 Write 1,301 Mixed 1,225 320% 1,446 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 17.1 82% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 54.7 DQ Mixed 16.9 20% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 254%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 267 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6683 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2843 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2696 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2333 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 509 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 23 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	78.4% Very good	Read 147 Write 126 Mixed 105 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.37 125% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 85%

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 below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 28.6 84% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 95%

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Typical STRIX Z270I GAMING Builds (Compare 943 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 107%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
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	99x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $727

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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