Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	123% 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	82.6% 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 (69%). 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	16.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 05:16
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 48.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 244 72% 138 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 689 58% 500 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 185 Parallax 180 137% 178 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 175 Splatting 121 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 298 346 261 231 226 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 404 Write 304 Mixed 375 SusWrite 271 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 33 116% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 294 224% 305 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 316GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 68 84 79 91 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 76.7 Write 83.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 79.7 51% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.1 32% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 167 166 169 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 157 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 167 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 101%
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: 161 170 171 172 170 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 172 Write 169 Mixed 123 SusWrite 169 214% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 126% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.8 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 12 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 167 24% 167 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,894x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $1,224

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