Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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.
Graphics	112% 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	246% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 18:10
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 154 2-Core 309 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 581 8-Core 859 90% 720 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 156 Parallax 135 122% 147 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 145 Splatting 112 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 781GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6118 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 642 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 159 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29555091630	117% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 405 Mixed 415 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 48.5 189% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 23.4 98% 219 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%
Intel DC P3700 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$119 61 User benchmarks, average bench 208% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,260 Write 966 Mixed 1,422 341% 1,549 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 287 4K Mixed 24.7 239% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 30.8 198% 455 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 256%
PNY XLR8 120GB-$150 48 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 111GB free Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 88536455840341 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1401 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 146 (B1) Unknown 0 0 20 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 1013614968862 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17620 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7242 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7242 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10615	48.8% Average	Read 240 Write 114 Mixed 146 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 14 100% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 32 38% 62.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 122GB free Firmware: HP73 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153335208 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2537 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 336578683 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 45443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (B4) Unknown 100 100 332916044 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 571998242 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 81604378658 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 30 153335208 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 24 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 76.8 Mixed 102 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 102GB free Firmware: JP2OA41A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 81 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 100 104 (03) Spinup time 119 100 12897616064 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2461 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 100 30 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4194420 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 421658658 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2590 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2590 (C2) HDA temperature 176 146 176095100962 (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 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 114 Write 103 Mixed 111 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.32 90% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3297 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 29.8 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 45.7 SC Mixed 32.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,895x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,224

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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