Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	251% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 23:02
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 501 58% 454 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 870F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	130% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 174 Parallax 185 145% 179 fps	MRender 201 Gravity 156 Splatting 111 123% 156 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 628GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1160 1027 985 1008 1094 1090 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,953 Write 1,849 Mixed 1,349 SusWrite 1,061 348% 1,553 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 68.7 229% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 923 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 836 623% 828 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 239GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 393 402 400 425 402 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 413 Write 403 Mixed 338 SusWrite 401 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54.1 185% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 477GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 84 84 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 77.7 Write 80.2 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 82.7 57% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 67%
Seagate ST12000NE0007-2GT116 12TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 530GB free Firmware: EN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 76 54 66 80 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 46.5 Write 80.8 Mixed 118 SusWrite 72 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.4 440% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB-$560 34,441 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 105%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	119x
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	100x
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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Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16