Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	194% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 18:45
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 143 2-Core 284 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 778 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 142 Parallax 132 105% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 361GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (AB) Unknown 100 100 4 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 70 55 193274970142 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 296835362 (F7) Unknown 100 100 9284014 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1059090 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1939 (D2) Unknown 100 100 76	85.2% Excellent	Read 484 Write 339 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 24.8 114% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 44.4 88% 179 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 99%
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 2,143 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 488110E Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,675 Write 770 Mixed 1,000 252% 1,148 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 44 199% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 540 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 199 222% 380 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 208%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 868GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240804288 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 961395 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1094 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572194850 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 563 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 90194313250 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -97233764613054 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3382687180 (F2) Unknown 100 253 61774537289	87.6% Excellent	Read 162 Write 143 Mixed 152 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.16 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 350GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122017667 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6603 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 54 17207903521 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6566 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 88 65550 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538574880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 21 122017667 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 297 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 102276056250802 (F1) Unknown 100 253 396628501 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1056608677	51.2% Above average	Read 87.2 Write 91.1 Mixed 63.9 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.39 97% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 68%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,694 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 107GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 101 Write 92.1 Mixed 94.9 123% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.19 59% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 30 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 22.4 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 95%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,911x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	767x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	367x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	786x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	782x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	197x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	289x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16