Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.7% 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	83.4% 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	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '17 at 04:46
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 291 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 525 61% 474 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.7% Very good	Lighting 86.1 Reflection 97 Parallax 85.2 70% 89.4 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 120 Splatting 102 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2096 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 775 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (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 62 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 419 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15774734863	83.4% Excellent	Read 507 Write 196 Mixed 254 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 30.2 131% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 75 107% 201 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 124%
SanDisk X400 256GB-$29 2,279 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 21GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7040 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3299 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3702643037560 (A6) Unknown 100 100 39 (A7) Unknown 100 100 42 (A8) Unknown 100 100 94 (A9) Unknown 100 100 361 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 67 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2150 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 65 279173857307 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 16793476861766 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16836 (EA) Unknown 100 100 26383 (F1) Unknown 253 253 21136 (F2) Unknown 253 253 30218 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	53.3% Above average	Read 258 Write 180 Mixed 180 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 18.2 84% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 39.1 61% 118 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/4G KHX2400C15/8G KHX2400C15D4/8G 28GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2473, 2473, 2473, 2473 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.6 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 21.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 77%

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

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,892x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	362x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	782x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	777x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	265x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $1,232

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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