Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	196% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 13:23
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 495 61% 468 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 136 Parallax 137 122% 141 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 108% 137 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 368 825 1151 1160 1064 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,098 Write 1,172 Mixed 638 SusWrite 881 213% 947 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 53.3 202% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 858 DQ Write 779 DQ Mixed 593 506% 743 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 210%
Sandisk SD7TB3Q-128G-1006 128GB 782 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 99GB free Firmware: X2180306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 295 310 317 320 316 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 297 Mixed 257 SusWrite 303 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 40.4 157% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 143 148% 243 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.6% 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: 271 162 162 161 161 160 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,905 Write 611 Mixed 591 SusWrite 179 179% 822 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 80 286% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 892 DQ Write 694 DQ Mixed 690 544% 759 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 234%
Seagate Momentus Thin 7200 2.5" 320GB-$29 12,279 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 74GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 99 100 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 110 Write 69.5 Mixed 58 SusWrite 100 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 132 131 131 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 100 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 131 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.3% 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 (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.1% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 22 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 104%

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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 $45Bench 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 $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