Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	63.7% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '19 at 02:35
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 274 97% 173 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 789 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 194 Parallax 173 140% 180 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 173 Splatting 125 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 7.7 25 24 7.7 79 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 371 Write 285 Mixed 296 SusWrite 52.1 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 25.6 127% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 12.6 55% 121 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 85%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV512TBN 512GB 14,424 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 84GB free Firmware: M0MA020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 475 343 374 245 239 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 480 Mixed 386 SusWrite 359 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 41.9 159% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 327 243% 322 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 97%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 16GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 106 121 142 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 95.5 Write 84 Mixed 20 SusWrite 124 58% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 107%
WD Elements SE 25FF 4TB 1,938 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 170GB free, PID 25ff Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 30 30 31 26 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 49 Write 95.8 Mixed 62 SusWrite 35.4 86% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 13.5 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 13.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 44%

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Gaming 107%

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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 $241Bench 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: $726

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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