Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.9% 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	243% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	54.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 14:49
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 740 72% 594 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 3994) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 108 Parallax 104 78% 103 fps	MRender 92.2 Gravity 92 Splatting 79.9 71% 88 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 680 589 590 596 599 602 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1476 Write 1,292 Mixed 1,192 SusWrite 609 256% 1,142 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 84.6 289% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,384 DQ Write 1,188 DQ Mixed 1,265 954% 1,279 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX3200C16D4/32GX 2x31.5GB 2,732 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 2 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 23.9 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 134%

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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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Typical STRIX Z270I GAMING Builds (Compare 948 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	507x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	121x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16