Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	192% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '20 at 19:31
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 734 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 8.62 7% 9.54 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.4 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M8PeGN 256GB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 787 808 816 813 800 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1138 Write 823 Mixed 624 SusWrite 703 184% 822 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 62.5 213% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 846 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 681 560% 797 MB/s
Poor: 111% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 210%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 740GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 176 175 176 175 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 173 Mixed 121 SusWrite 176 122% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 570GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 99 102 101 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 90 Write 135 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 101 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 260D 2TB 1,129 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free, PID 260d Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 103 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 123 Write 108 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 104 137% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 161% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 30 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,906x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	366x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	782x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Total price: $1,206

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 $45	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