Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 18:52
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 178 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 542 59% 466 Pts	64-Core 615 38% 615 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.7% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 127 Parallax 116 95% 120 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 116 Splatting 96.3 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 1TB 12,662 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 944GB free Firmware: VB411D45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1037 1100 1132 1213 1259 1237 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,276 Write 1,208 Mixed 1,192 SusWrite 1,163 324% 1,460 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 64.8 217% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,219 DQ Write 805 DQ Mixed 1,233 860% 1,086 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 330%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 123 116 95 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 303 Mixed 388 SusWrite 121 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 81.7 4K Mixed 47.4 157% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 203GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 134 134 137 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 168 Write 151 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 139 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 49GB free Firmware: MS1OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 93 91 96 94 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 17.5 Write 81 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 91.5 38% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.3 96% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 13.2 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 94%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

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