Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	260% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	16.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 11:23
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 794 84% 669 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Lighting 75 Reflection 77.1 Parallax 65.3 61% 72.5 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 71.3 58% 71 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 113GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8718 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1837 (B1) Unknown 97 97 96 (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 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19743304326	107% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 452 Mixed 513 110% 495 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.9 145% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 89.9 137% 260 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,676 Write 990 Mixed 1,169 352% 1,612 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 36.8 204% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 897 DQ Write 584 DQ Mixed 262 324% 581 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 236%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 611GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 68 9279 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6923 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16055 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3982 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 728 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15653 (C2) HDA temperature 64 43 244813922330 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 19 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 16014 (F1) Unknown 100 94 414653 (F2) Unknown 96 94 5841549 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	67.4% Good	Read 101 Write 134 Mixed 91.8 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.52 128% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 2x8GB 1,700 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 91%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,904x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	765x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	365x

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	781x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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: $1,223

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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