Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	176% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '19 at 17:18
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 238 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 655 63% 521 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Lighting 8.2 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8.06 7% 9.14 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 6%
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3417) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17% Very poor	Lighting 14.5 Reflection 20 Parallax 18.7 12% 17.7 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 45.4 Splatting 27.5 27% 33.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 547 220 208 189 208 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1753 Write 1,263 Mixed 470 SusWrite 263 206% 937 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.6 170% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 598 514% 759 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 236%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 174GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 413 410 420 410 424 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 420 Mixed 408 SusWrite 412 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 48.9 159% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 295 240% 341 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 123%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 181GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 431 437 440 431 443 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 464 Mixed 353 SusWrite 433 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 40.7 146% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 348 265% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 389GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 66 66 66 65 66 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 110 Write 107 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 66.2 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 70%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 483GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 196 190 188 195 187 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 118 Write 177 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 190 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.3 266% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 213%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 131GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 62 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 62.1 Write 72.6 Mixed 46.9 SusWrite 63.3 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 67%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 32GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 29GB free, PID 0307 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 13.2 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 13.3 23% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 3.5 240% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4C3466C16 2x16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 111%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	507x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16