Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.6% 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	235% 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 (12%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.1 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	Oct 12 '21 at 15:02
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 239 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 635 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.5% 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: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 95.6 Parallax 89.1 79% 94 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 83.8 Splatting 62.7 68% 87 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S20G 1TB 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 609GB free (System drive) Firmware: VC0S0287 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1412 1313 1377 924 259 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,956 Write 1,490 Mixed 1,144 SusWrite 922 308% 1,378 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64.4 219% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 831 DQ Mixed 798 584% 755 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 306%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 97GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 132 102 150 139 157 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 316 Write 197 Mixed 219 SusWrite 138 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 39.4 128% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 175 131% 173 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 123GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 165 164 162 163 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 157 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 162 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 780GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 175 176 175 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 163 Mixed 90.6 SusWrite 174 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 108%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 1,817 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 60GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	8.42% Terrible	Read 17.8 Write 13 Mixed 14.4 SusWrite 15.1 20% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1.4 79% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.42% Great: 19%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 15GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 19 17 19 12 15 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 104 Write 51.6 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 16.2 54% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 3.87 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 as expected (48^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 76%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $109Bench 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 $40Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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