Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	108% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 21:16
Run Duration	247 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 86.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 781 74% 612 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 187 Parallax 198 145% 188 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 181 Splatting 123 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 382 347 401 443 466 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 338 Mixed 350 SusWrite 389 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 45.4 156% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung MZNLN256HMHQ-000H1 256GB 5,596 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 196GB free Firmware: MAV21H3Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 322 328 326 327 327 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 461 Mixed 388 SusWrite 323 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 55.7 185% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 131GB free Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 411 464 468 467 465 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 299 Write 105 Mixed 86 SusWrite 429 52% 230 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 19.2 4K Mixed 10.8 49% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 14 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 42.5 24% 23.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 102%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 235GB free Firmware: 0204 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 252 255 255 255 255 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 334 Write 259 Mixed 194 SusWrite 250 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 37.1 4K Mixed 20.6 73% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 57.4 60% 99 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 223%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 6TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 107 111 113 113 110 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 126 Write 99.3 Mixed 35 SusWrite 106 66% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.7 261% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 92%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 924GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 205 204 205 203 205 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 142 Write 144 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 201 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 111%
Asmt 2105 40GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 6GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 51 52 52 52 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.3% Poor	Read 33.3 Write 8.5 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 51.1 19% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 26%
Asmt 2105 3TB 232 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 61 63 63 62 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 60.1 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 103%
Generic Mass-Storage 2GB 478 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.8 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Read 5.3 Write 4.7 Mixed 3.3 SusWrite 4.7 6% 4.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 42% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 8%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 163 163 163 165 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 160 Write 165 Mixed 110 SusWrite 161 202% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 4x8GB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	72.9% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.1 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 111%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,904x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	365x

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	781x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	267x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,223

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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