Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 03:33
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$250 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 144 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 782 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 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% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 197 Parallax 194 148% 191 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 178 Splatting 123 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,015 Write 1,459 Mixed 499 290% 1,324 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 53.9 214% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,049 DQ Write 1,112 DQ Mixed 819 688% 993 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 101GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 285 188 181 180 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 469 Mixed 410 SusWrite 245 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.5 218% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 444GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 134 140 141 141 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 160 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 140 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 112%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 818GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 70 74 73 75 77 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 95.7 Write 112 Mixed 84 SusWrite 66.2 66% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 220% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 65%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 906GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 90.5 Write 91.3 Mixed 35 88% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 26% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 19.9 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 107%

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	726x
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	221x
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
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 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: $936

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) $35	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