Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 34% Sail boat


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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	155% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 19:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 826 88% 699 Pts	64-Core 824 51% 824 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 1000) 2GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 35.6 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 42.6 29% 37.2 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 44.2 Splatting 28 30% 37.4 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 570 Mixed 819 203% 925 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 25.5 164% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 25.9 124% 270 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 157%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 21GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1012 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 334 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 18 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 212656 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 212656 (F2) Unknown 100 100 428466	39.7% Below average	Read 264 Write 91.9 Mixed 135 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 14 74% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 14.1 16% 27.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 45%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 516GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 90.4 Write 129 Mixed 105 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 3.43 4K Mixed 0.64 163% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 184%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 22GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 82.3 Write 52.8 Mixed 59.8 78% 65 MB/s	4K Read 9.36 4K Write 5.09 4K Mixed 2.37 288% 5.61 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 34,561 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 38.5 MC Mixed 28.4 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 32.4 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 111%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,895x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $1,224

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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