Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	316% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	40.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 14:37
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 751 77% 623 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2815 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,966 Write 2,475 Mixed 2,324 576% 2,588 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 23.5 134% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 22 58% 122 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 541%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5302 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 45 (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 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4164129010	91.3% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 415 Mixed 427 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 30 136% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 87.7 70% 94.2 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 135%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 157400980 (03) Spinup time 89 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 91 60 1331368690 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -687194762055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (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 67 52 639500321 (BF) G-sense error rate 98 98 4462 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1773 (C2) HDA temperature 33 48 103079215137 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 1 157400980 (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 63067299779678 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30249441899 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34538020450	88.2% Excellent	Read 159 Write 147 Mixed 147 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.79 4K Mixed 0.38 296% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 104%
Kingston DataTraveler SE9 USB 2.0 16GB-$5 1,670 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	4.86% Terrible	Read 19.5 Write 5.41 Mixed 6.89 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.55 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 13% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.86% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C15 4x16GB 256 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 27.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 28.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 132%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	728x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	186x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	47x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $713

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16