Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	113% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 23:13
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 727 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 199 Parallax 176 144% 184 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 167 Splatting 119 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7937 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 760 (B1) Unknown 94 94 116 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32853052734	113% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 401 Mixed 418 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 46.1 178% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 25.2 95% 213 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 37GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 458 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (64) Unknown 100 100 756800 (65) Unknown 100 100 207616 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 223 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1335 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 219043397664 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1346 (EA) Unknown 100 100 956 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1192 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1138 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	61% Good	Read 428 Write 244 Mixed 237 67% 303 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 11.4 93% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 11.1 21% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8840200 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 452 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4303635687 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (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 70 45 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12342 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 42949672990 (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 -14306536059350 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22102127861 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8503178558	91.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 153 Mixed 154 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.18 59% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 244GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173499584 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27627072 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (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 70 55 521338910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 56878 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 34359738398 (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 110470853825303 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12113590371 (F2) Unknown 100 253 65321481386	80.9% Excellent	Read 153 Write 129 Mixed 152 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 29 104% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 30.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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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