Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 05:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 289 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 802 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 80 Parallax 68.5 66% 76.4 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 74.4 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,905 Write 1,125 Mixed 1,210 312% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 47.9 215% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 666 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 250 277% 471 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 236%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6TB free Firmware: D781 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 126 Write 97.8 Mixed 95.3 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.57 210% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 92%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 227GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 42163736 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6543 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4319412942 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 99690485916328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1682 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 521994270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43760 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 -94454920772580 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10888797361 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77962857313 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	48.3% Average	Read 101 Write 67.8 Mixed 73.2 60% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.14 54% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 77%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 128GB-$13 974 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 26GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 149 Write 104 Mixed 117 151% 123 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 1.03 140% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 26.8 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 29.8 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 110%

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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 $241Bench 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: $726

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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