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 way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 23:02
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	74% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 270 84% 158 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 784 70% 590 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 59.7 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 96.4 49% 75.9 fps	Gravity 95.7 Splatting 80.2 77% 88 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 365GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 17 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 65 63 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 320576397	72% Very good	Read 503 Write 409 Mixed 422 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 17.9 72% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 48.7 54% 91.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 134%
Toshiba Q300 240GB-$85 5,005 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 956 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 296 (C2) HDA temperature 65 48 223339282467	47% Average	Read 490 Write 270 Mixed 186 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 4 34% 9.98 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 52.7 DQ Mixed 4.17 12% 23.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 802GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86345280 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5513 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 59596834 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 773 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 22 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 73 43 1301829582875 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28305 (C2) HDA temperature 27 57 47244640283 (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 65524021071225 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45420541300 (F2) Unknown 100 253 96869129406	97.7% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 166 Mixed 158 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 410GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 100 26241920 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 213623 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (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 73 72 454492187 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (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 32113470472201 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5004735677 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4900399	72.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 125 Mixed 113 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$207 4,097 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.7 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.7 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 102%

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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	3,893x
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 $279	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