Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.03% 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	162% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '18 at 02:11
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (94^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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 155 2-Core 309 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 855 90% 720 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3722) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2315 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 399.7 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 76 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 73.8 62% 74.6 fps	Gravity 71.9 Splatting 74.7 65% 73.3 fps
Poor: 48% Great: 56%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.03% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.62 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.03% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175 12,594 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 619 509 508 511 506 513 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 856 Write 840 Mixed 870 SusWrite 528 174% 773 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 52.7 190% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 924 DQ Write 740 DQ Mixed 814 614% 826 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 162%
Intel Optane+3.6TBHDD 19 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3TB free Firmware: 16.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6 6 7.5 13 6 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7% Terrible	Read 5.8 Write 5.5 Mixed 5.8 SusWrite 7.4 1% 6.12 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 6.5 20% 5.97 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 120%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 86GB free Firmware: DC8110E SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 416 398 416 414 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 406 Mixed 306 SusWrite 399 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 40.3 147% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 215 193% 293 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 8GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 502 Write 487 Mixed 378 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60 205% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung SM841 mSATA 256GB 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 189GB free Firmware: DXM43D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 409 416 411 407 411 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 399 Write 412 Mixed 292 SusWrite 399 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 32.9 150% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 121 137% 232 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 27.3 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 30 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 103%

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Desktop 92%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	510x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	121x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	75x

SSD
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	51x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	38x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Total price: $734

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16