Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX Z270F GAMING  (all builds)
Memory7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170723
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 19 '18 at 18:41
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU 15%
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 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
86.8% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 135
2-Core 269
91% 165 Pts
4-Core 483
8-Core 491
65% 487 Pts
64-Core 494
31% 494 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 86.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35
Performing below potential (61st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 133
Reflection 144
Parallax 126
108% 134 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 131
Splatting 110
96% 118 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
TP01500GB 1.5TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 140 139 140 140 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Read 155
Write 133
Mixed 119
SusWrite 139
101% 137 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
206% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 85%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33
595GB free
Firmware: 01.03B01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 113 115 114 113 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 117
Write 108
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 112
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 1.1
194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 62%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 190 202 183 188 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
95.5% Outstanding
Read 142
Write 208
Mixed 27.2
SusWrite 189
102% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 1.9
351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 95.5%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM4X8GF2400C16K4 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
64.7% Good
MC Read 25
MC Write 25.8
MC Mixed 19.1
67% 23.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.5
SC Write 18.6
SC Mixed 18.6
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX Z270F GAMING Builds (Compare 6,071 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $1,224
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HDDRAMUSB
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