Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	92.6% 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	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 07:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 157 2-Core 303 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 858 87% 706 Pts	64-Core 874 54% 874 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 119 Parallax 99.4 98% 113 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Aireye S1 120GB SSD 210 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 112GB free Firmware: V2.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 33 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	71.4% Very good	Read 501 Write 348 Mixed 385 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 3.18 88% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 3.81 42% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%
Aireye S1 120GB SSD 210 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 125 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 168 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 8949 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 421 (F2) Unknown 100 100 515 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	70.6% Very good	Read 497 Write 351 Mixed 406 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 3.21 86% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 92.7 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 3.65 39% 89.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 220580680 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 164 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6167439 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 706412583 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 380 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 90194313255 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116427973459812 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3419017283 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17734486716	104% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 164 Mixed 158 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 27.6 96% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 29.1 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%

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Gaming 107%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
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	99x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $726

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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