Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.2% 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	109% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 20:34
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 224 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 583 63% 500 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 95.9 Parallax 89.8 79% 94.3 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 84 Splatting 76.6 73% 92 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S20G 1TB 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 755GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S0287 SusWrite @10s intervals: 563 598 598 613 620 582 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 618 Write 809 Mixed 541 SusWrite 596 145% 641 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 29.1 100% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 399 299% 393 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 306%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 124GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 143 129 150 140 153 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 315 Write 204 Mixed 239 SusWrite 146 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 35.5 136% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 178 129% 166 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 84%
ROG ESD-S1C 512GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 294GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 647 669 674 681 684 641 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 158 161 158 159 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 157 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 159 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 786GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 170 168 171 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 152 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 170 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 108%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 21GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 20 19 19 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 102 Write 52.5 Mixed 15.6 SusWrite 17.3 51% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 50% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Apacer 78.CAGP7.C7Z0B 2x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 22.6 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 65: 7R 6G 12B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
65%	58%	43	132	104	100	27.6"	1920 1080	AOP0808 27HC5R

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	728x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	184x
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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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