Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170928
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 20:20
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 703 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (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 100 100 410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 108 (A3) Unknown 100 100 44 (A4) Unknown 100 100 54579 (A5) Unknown 100 100 80 (A6) Unknown 100 100 8 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 5 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 123615 (F2) Unknown 100 100 225463 (F5) Unknown 100 100 109158	67.6% Good	Read 481 Write 211 Mixed 237 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 20.3 88% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 47.6 76% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 943GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2418 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1686 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 785 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28729 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 36 (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 0	74% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 96.2 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 84%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 280GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69304232 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7241922 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 282 (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 64 58 605356068 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3361 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 73014444068 (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 -72151155604440 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5734111144 (F2) Unknown 100 253 245059216849	82% Excellent	Read 131 Write 154 Mixed 132 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.74 209% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2533 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 28 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 85%

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Typical STRIX Z270I GAMING Builds (Compare 948 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 107%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	507x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	121x
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	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	73x

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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Total price: $715

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 $177	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