Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.1% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '21 at 04:37
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 222 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 621 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 702 43% 702 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.5% Very good	Lighting 90.9 Reflection 103 Parallax 89.5 74% 94.6 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 94.8 72% 87.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 373 391 401 387 397 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 402 Write 381 Mixed 280 SusWrite 382 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 31.4 121% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 252 216% 319 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 154 156 158 156 159 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 84.2 SusWrite 155 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 20.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 16.1 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	727x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	181x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $928

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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