Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	221% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 29 '20 at 23:39
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 268 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 780 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 2426) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2681 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 157 Parallax 137 127% 150 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-256M9PeG 256GB 1,173 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 242 236 227 241 244 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,845 Write 1,035 Mixed 1017 SusWrite 275 230% 1,043 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 85 288% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 1038 DQ Mixed 641 559% 820 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 205%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 182GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 473 471 463 463 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 464 Mixed 393 SusWrite 468 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 66.5 222% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 832GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1994 1716 1716 1711 1716 1715 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 1,992 Write 2,068 Mixed 1,760 SusWrite 1,761 427% 1,895 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 226 4K Mixed 86.3 309% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 1,600 DQ Write 1,401 DQ Mixed 1,505 1,127% 1,502 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 347%
Lexar JumpDrive S23 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 609 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 26GB free, PID a833 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 25 26 25 25 26 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 23.4 Mixed 35.3 SusWrite 25.6 40% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.3 87% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 5,376 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 24.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 111%

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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