Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '20 at 04:06
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 57.9 2-Core 256 72% 135 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 527 57% 453 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.51 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 37.5 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 39 31% 39.9 fps	Gravity 36.3 Splatting 28 28% 32.2 fps
Poor: 27% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$100 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 406 Mixed 340 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 46 151% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 232 208% 315 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 333GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 308 303 297 297 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 420 Write 392 Mixed 238 SusWrite 302 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 27.3 94% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 208 186% 282 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 108%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 151 147 144 151 147 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 144 Write 139 Mixed 104 SusWrite 147 180% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 21.6 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 85%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,957x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	775x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	371x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	920x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	793x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	786x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	272x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	198x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	360x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	290x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	140x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,025

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $156	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16