Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	112% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 21:06
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 560 74% 554 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.67% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 9.22 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.67% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 299 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 19 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 71 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1511227614	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 412 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.5 177% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 100 128% 227 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 132GB free Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4667200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 -71923522307766 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 107 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 68722425884 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4667200 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4667200 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4667200 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34852 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12288 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12288 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14973	85.5% Excellent	Read 418 Write 262 Mixed 246 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 22.6 144% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 57.7 94% 181 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 93%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 635 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29746 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14330 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	65.4% Good	Read 127 Write 101 Mixed 113 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 88%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 6333 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 549 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14849 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.1% Good	Read 120 Write 104 Mixed 109 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 66059312 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 126923 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 59 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 826 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 77309411358 (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 100 253 -127066607452082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1285418114 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25101881	96.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 158 Mixed 146 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.18 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 114%

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 @ 3297 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 31.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 32.5 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,906x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	366x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	782x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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