Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '17 at 17:52
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 265 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 748 75% 608 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 153 Parallax 132 122% 145 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 142 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9819 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1302 (B1) Unknown 96 96 75 (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 63 48 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 52854562502	104% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 39.2 170% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 73.2 82% 131 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 357GB free Firmware: BXV7000Q Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 285 Mixed 368 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 35.9 148% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 68.7 112% 216 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 111%
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 357GB free Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1900 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1379 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5806 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 46230 (A5) Unknown 100 100 112 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (F1) Unknown 100 100 231692 (F2) Unknown 100 100 610879 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 231692 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	94.4% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 283 Mixed 370 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 32.8 144% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 74.3 113% 213 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 350GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 96 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 181 (C2) HDA temperature 112 100 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 16 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1244166082 (F2) Unknown 200 200 177718192	78.7% Very good	Read 136 Write 138 Mixed 136 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.32 136% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 306GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 81 Write 83.9 Mixed 63.7 97% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 26.7 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 38.2 SC Mixed 29.5 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	728x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	182x
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 $109Bench 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: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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