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 (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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	303% 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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 18:21
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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-$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 96.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 320 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 586 8-Core 882 91% 734 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,630 Write 1,461 Mixed 1,729 428% 1,940 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 70.6 264% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 574 DQ Mixed 298 311% 512 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 292%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 109GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,436 Write 296 Mixed 467 158% 733 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 28.2 184% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 147 198% 371 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 147%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 164 6716 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8752 (C2) HDA temperature 128 104 22 (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	84.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 155 Mixed 143 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.2 111% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 42 (03) Spinup time 179 174 6008 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7868 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2005 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 664 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23822 (C2) HDA temperature 128 98 22 (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	65.4% Good	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 118 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.4% 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 117 99 158794902 (03) Spinup time 99 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 129200953595 (09) Power-on hours count 100 86 851 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3144 (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 77 45 387121175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 466 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 46 46 108252 (C2) HDA temperature 23 55 60129542167 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 43 158794902 (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 33200097209083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 661797883 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2886741865 (FE) Unknown 1 1 18	49.2% Average	Read 82.9 Write 88.5 Mixed 78.3 62% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.2% 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 176 174 2158 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7992 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5541 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 89 21 (BC) Unknown 100 87 804 (BE) vendor-specific 75 40 25 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 596 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 744 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 79309 (C2) HDA temperature 122 87 25 (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 67.5 Write 65.3 Mixed 65.6 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 0.93 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 23.8 SC Write 46.1 SC Mixed 33.1 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 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