Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	254% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 09:35
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 254 93% 163 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 756 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 770 48% 770 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 2176 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 136 110% 138 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 127 Splatting 101 90% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 595 328 324 321 327 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,357 Write 1,469 Mixed 1088 SusWrite 369 292% 1,321 MB/s	4K Read 64.5 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 83.4 290% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 1,174 DQ Mixed 1,009 779% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 280%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 350GB free Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1301 1419 1425 1247 99 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,484 Write 1,487 Mixed 1120 SusWrite 931 282% 1,256 MB/s	4K Read 60.9 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 85.9 299% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 273 360% 638 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 295%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 563GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 86 85 83 85 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 70.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 81.8 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 39.1 SC Mixed 29.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 87%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical STRIX Z270G GAMING Builds (Compare 1,321 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	726x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	181x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	221x
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
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $936

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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