Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	111% 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 00:49
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

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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-$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)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 856 88% 710 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% 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: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 121% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 111 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 812GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6125 (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 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 159 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29563831772	93.7% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 398 Mixed 417 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 25.1 146% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 36.5 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 134 111% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 133%
Intel DC P3700 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$119 61 User benchmarks, average bench 208% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,204 Write 940 Mixed 1,451 337% 1,532 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 254 4K Mixed 50 251% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 630 DQ Write 524 DQ Mixed 233 268% 462 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 95 95 4761432 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36756330119765 (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 4761432 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4761432 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4761432 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17622 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7244 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7244 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10617	50.4% Above average	Read 252 Write 123 Mixed 158 39% 178 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 14 94% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 38.4 52% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50.4% 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 (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154897736 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 24 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 336581539 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 45450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (B4) Unknown 100 100 336338348 (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 72 54 588775452 (C2) HDA temperature 28 46 81604378652 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 30 154897736 (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	53.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 78.4 Mixed 106 74% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.42 83% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.6% 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 (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 81 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 100 102 (03) Spinup time 119 100 12897484994 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2466 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49272 (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 71 59 421855261 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2595 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2595 (C2) HDA temperature 206 146 176095100957 (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	62.7% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 110 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.38 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.7% 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 (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 29.5 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 43.6 SC Mixed 32.1 95% 33.2 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% 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