Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.9% 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	159% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 18:07
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NAM-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 497 69% 511 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 116 Parallax 97.3 88% 107 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 633 613 674 664 309 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,172 Write 597 Mixed 684 SusWrite 586 169% 760 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 63.7 202% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 209 178% 261 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 242%
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 111GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 131 173 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 485 Mixed 353 SusWrite 168 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58.3 206% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 318 251% 348 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 349GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 170 169 170 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 169 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 109%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 726GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 23 18 27 19 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	9.58% Terrible	Read 9 Write 10.7 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 24.4 9% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 9.58% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB 19,779 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 21.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 96%

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Typical STRIX Z270G GAMING Builds (Compare 1,323 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	727x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	181x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $928

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) $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