Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170105
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 07:38
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 271 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 764 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 201 Parallax 184 144% 187 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 183 Splatting 134 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 686GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 452 390 330 331 323 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 392 Write 425 Mixed 342 SusWrite 359 86% 379 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 39.7 140% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 343 250% 328 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 104%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 111 112 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 82.8 SusWrite 110 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 100%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 404GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 85 86 85 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 82.2 Write 81.3 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 83.7 92% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x16GB 4,083 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 25.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical STRIX Z270I GAMING Builds (Compare 943 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 107%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	51x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $735

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