Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% 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	84.8% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '19 at 10:11
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 638 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.3% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 38 Parallax 31.1 27% 34.1 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 43 34% 41.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 216 104 110 97 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 466 Write 394 Mixed 374 SusWrite 167 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 39.4 139% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 332 237% 306 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 98GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 134 134 136 128 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 466 Write 283 Mixed 302 SusWrite 165 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 41.4 138% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 143 164% 282 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 321GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 139 142 134 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 63.2 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 139 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 82GB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 38 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 38 Write 37 Mixed 29 SusWrite 39.6 26% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.8 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 107%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,894x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	362x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	782x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	265x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,224

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