Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 04:58
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$250 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 141 2-Core 255 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 707 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 223GB free Firmware: S8FM08.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1259 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (AA) Unknown 100 100 16 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14156041 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8116	72.8% Very good	Read 493 Write 305 Mixed 368 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 8.12 93% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 19.6 62% 132 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 99%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 96.9 Mixed 53.7 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.35 66% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 184%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 32GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 81.6 122% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 44%
SKYMEDI USB Drive 8GB 247 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 8628 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Read 16.9 Write 10.3 Mixed 11.4 15% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.21 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.007 16% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.2 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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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	3,889x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	763x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	361x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	781x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	776x

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 $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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