Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	241% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170405
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 15:21
Run Duration	362 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$242 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 776 82% 653 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 205 Parallax 185 158% 195 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 188 Splatting 128 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 413GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,006 Write 952 Mixed 979 219% 979 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46.2 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 165 159% 236 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 313%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 356GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,912 Write 1,308 Mixed 1,190 325% 1,470 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 41.6 209% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 567 DQ Write 446 DQ Mixed 28.6 152% 347 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 254%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 32GB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 27GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	5.46% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 3.7 Mixed 5.26 10% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.44 4K Mixed 0.01 17% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.46% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 1x16GB 5,915 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 44%

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

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Typical STRIX Z270I GAMING Builds (Compare 943 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 107%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	51x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	38x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $727

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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