Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	181% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 12:55
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 198 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 382 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1124 1079 1066 659 740 802 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 999 Write 1,227 Mixed 610 SusWrite 912 211% 937 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 43.9 167% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 708 DQ Mixed 585 490% 712 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 210%
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-128G-1006 128GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 99GB free Firmware: X2180306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 311 311 305 305 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 422 Write 304 Mixed 259 SusWrite 309 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 38.1 152% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 142 148% 243 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 94%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 118GB free Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 162 161 161 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,782 Write 582 Mixed 557 SusWrite 180 169% 775 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.5 225% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 891 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 688 543% 757 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 234%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 74GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 102 102 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 111 Write 81.8 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 103 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 130 131 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74% Very good	Read 128 Write 89.7 Mixed 67 SusWrite 131 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.5 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	728x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	184x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
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
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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