Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 15:26
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	TUN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 801 80% 653 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 145 Parallax 115 94% 125 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 120 Splatting 113 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 122 118 115 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 450 Write 129 Mixed 124 SusWrite 120 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 18.1 116% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 48.1 70% 135 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 209GB free Firmware: GKAOA9DA SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 56 55 56 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 53.5 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 55.1 36% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 46%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 733GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 123 123 122 124 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 145 Write 105 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 121 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 285GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 75 77 76 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 76.9 Write 75.6 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 75.4 93% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x16GB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	48.7% Average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 13.7 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 48%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 76%

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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	184x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
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
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $916

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 $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