Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.8% 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	240% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 21:16
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 (98^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 789 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95% 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 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4691 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.8% Terrible	Lighting 8.13 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 7.94 7% 9.31 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 426GB free Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,423 Write 1,301 Mixed 1,440 379% 1,721 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 25.5 202% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 252 260% 427 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,353 Write 1,258 Mixed 1,418 369% 1,676 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 24.5 205% 79.6 MB/s	DQ Read 44 DQ Write 453 DQ Mixed 25.4 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 254%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 128GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Read 88.3 Write 35.6 Mixed 24.9 52% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.47 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 0.14 38% 2.59 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 29.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 31.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 45.5 88% 45.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 117%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	119x
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	100x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $715

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