Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (65%). 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	12.5 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 20:56
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	65%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way below expectations (16^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 132 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 328 42% 316 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 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)	77.4% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 96.3 Parallax 90.1 80% 94.7 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 83.7 Splatting 76.4 73% 91.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.4% 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: 583 602 616 647 641 625 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 754 Write 633 Mixed 550 SusWrite 619 144% 639 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 22.8 82% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 407 DQ Mixed 378 281% 369 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: 146 143 140 153 154 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 335 Write 209 Mixed 232 SusWrite 148 52% 231 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 27.1 118% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 163 126% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 84%
ROG ESD-S1C 512GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 294GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 665 668 680 690 697 683 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 156 160 162 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 156 Mixed 109 SusWrite 160 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 786GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 170 172 173 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 150 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 170 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.8% 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: 13 17 22 19 19 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 103 Write 53.7 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 18.2 57% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 52% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.6% 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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 18.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 76%

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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	186x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
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
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	47x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $716

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	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