Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 04:02
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 565 8-Core 778 85% 672 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 2445) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2039 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 122 Parallax 114 91% 116 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 105 Splatting 109 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$175 12,594 User benchmarks, average bench 134% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 120 120 125 126 97 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.1% Above average	Read 275 Write 277 Mixed 270 SusWrite 175 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 9.2 4K Write 86.1 4K Mixed 15.2 79% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 94.6 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 124 111% 161 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 162%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 8GB free Firmware: DC8110E Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 500 Write 422 Mixed 300 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 42 152% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 212 193% 294 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 10GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 508 Write 487 Mixed 426 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 62.9 215% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung SM841 mSATA 256GB 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 40GB free Firmware: DXM43D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 222 205 190 178 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 346 Mixed 300 SusWrite 200 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 46.2 174% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 145 152% 255 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 147 145 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 139 Write 135 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 144 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 175% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 111%

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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 $242Bench 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: $727

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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