Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	295% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 00:01
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 160 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 883 92% 738 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 112GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,453 Write 294 Mixed 473 160% 740 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 30 188% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 146 198% 372 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 147%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	295% Outstanding	Read 2,629 Write 1,357 Mixed 1,662 415% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 68 257% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 309 320% 525 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 295% Great: 292%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 165 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3363 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8522 (C2) HDA temperature 123 104 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 132 Write 148 Mixed 136 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.21 111% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$39 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 28 (03) Spinup time 180 174 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7785 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3635 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1998 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23616 (C2) HDA temperature 125 98 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	62.4% Good	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 97.5 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.27 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 323GB free Firmware: D005SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 235668934 (03) Spinup time 99 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 129200854612 (09) Power-on hours count 100 86 803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3137 (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 74 45 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 466 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 47 47 107988 (C2) HDA temperature 26 55 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 43 235668934 (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 -130717329642760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1275207962 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3400776333 (FE) Unknown 1 1 18	49.1% Average	Read 88.3 Write 82.8 Mixed 78.8 63% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.45 97% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 58%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 156GB free Firmware: 12.01A12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 174 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7888 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5534 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 89 21 (BC) Unknown 100 87 804 (BE) vendor-specific 71 40 29 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 596 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 744 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79058 (C2) HDA temperature 118 87 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	38.2% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 64.3 Mixed 65.1 50% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 33.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 46.2 SC Mixed 32.7 98% 34.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,950x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	774x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	370x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	920x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	792x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	786x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	271x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	198x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	359x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	290x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	140x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,011

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16