Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80.1% 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	245% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1728 x 972 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '21 at 10:31
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 305 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 602 81% 605 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 167 Parallax 103 81% 123 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 92.1 79% 97.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme 256GB 256GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 06A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 1113 1117 1127 1130 682 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,073 Write 1,091 Mixed 1,078 SusWrite 1,024 292% 1,317 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 31.2 221% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 1,073 DQ Mixed 437 440% 691 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 257%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 216 217 220 216 215 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4WL.M8FE 2x8GB 1,101 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 30.4 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 29.8 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

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

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	119x
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	100x
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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Total price: $715

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