Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	127% 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	177% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 771 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 195 Parallax 176 141% 181 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 178 Splatting 130 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 285GB free Firmware: CXY7501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,932 Write 1,299 Mixed 1,383 341% 1,538 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 62.2 202% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 50 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 239 191% 253 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 294%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7201Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,506 Write 947 Mixed 1,061 259% 1,171 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.5 177% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 50.7 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 33 46% 80 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 68804848 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 33614 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 52 (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 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 504234014 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 534 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 60129542174 (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 93321049407550 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15250659 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19603084	95% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 177 Mixed 166 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 66 15530744 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 49 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 26888 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -123518964465641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (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 62 437125146 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 60129542170 (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 126250563666021 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6635743 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8895001 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.6% Good	Read 129 Write 91 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.61 4K Write 4.52 4K Mixed 0.7 229% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x16GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 24 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 77%

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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	3,908x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	367x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	782x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	289x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,202

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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