Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 14:13
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 150 2-Core 294 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 820 83% 673 Pts	64-Core 823 51% 823 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1645 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 71.7 64% 76.6 fps	MRender 83.5 Gravity 72.8 Splatting 62.8 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 39653 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 898 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 54 54 1382 (AE) Unknown 100 100 361 (B5) Unknown 100 100 23948876844412 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 123 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 4243 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 54 54 46 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0
Poor: 43% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 96 67065560 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 384 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 8629702346 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 35960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 660 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 50 50 50 (BC) Unknown 100 99 14 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 4800184349 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 229473 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 90 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 90 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 87424059328564 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29279650909 (F2) Unknown 100 253 89742830195	58.4% Above average	Read 114 Write 89.4 Mixed 157 92% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.21 65% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 44.5 MC Write 46.6 MC Mixed 32.1 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 50.7 SC Mixed 35.6 107% 37.4 GB/s	Latency 40.5 99% 40.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 122%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,928x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	772x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	367x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	912x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	787x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	784x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	269x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	269x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	198x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	358x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	290x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $999

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16