Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 14:29
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 719 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1665 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 76.5 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 71.9 62% 76.3 fps	MRender 83.7 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 64.1 59% 73.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 322 312 310 314 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 491 Mixed 455 SusWrite 326 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 60.2 205% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 129%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 240GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1557 1262 1264 1261 1255 1261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	350% Outstanding	Read 2,558 Write 2,411 Mixed 1,412 SusWrite 1310 430% 1,923 MB/s	4K Read 67.7 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 97.8 334% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,490 DQ Write 1,388 DQ Mixed 1,418 1,070% 1,432 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 350% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x16GB 302 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 34.4 114% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 47.7 SC Mixed 31.5 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 51.2 78% 51.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 122%

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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 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 70% - Good

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 $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