Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	172% 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.

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

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 13:58
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 98.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 816 80% 656 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2222 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 125 Parallax 103 93% 114 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 103 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U1T001122 1TB 1,266 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 777GB free Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1687 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103107068276 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 19 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1182 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1003 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 65 279174053922 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1125284184326 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3542 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7136 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6538 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5953 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.7% Excellent	Read 493 Write 481 Mixed 465 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 20.8 80% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 60.9 117% 236 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 101%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,889 Write 818 Mixed 928 265% 1,211 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 23.9 81% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 645 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 160 203% 372 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 237%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 2,984 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3416 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 47.1 MC Write 47.8 MC Mixed 38.9 127% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 49.7 SC Mixed 37.5 108% 37.7 GB/s	Latency 42.5 94% 42.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 144%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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%

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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