Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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	109% 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	165% 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.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 11:01
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	86%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$230 712,312 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 94.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 604 8-Core 874 92% 739 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 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% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 117% 143 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 977GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 804 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 296 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 47 227634053159 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6376352156 (F7) Unknown 100 100 199701198 (F8) Unknown 100 100 42616320 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4433 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 485 Write 338 Mixed 341 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 27.9 116% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 54.6 98% 195 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 105%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 696GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,625 Write 1,136 Mixed 1,164 290% 1,308 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 51.8 208% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 135 141% 235 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 302%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 635GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 689 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13631668 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1004 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 278 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 65 279173857315 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 219045167155 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2947 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3926 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3712 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5262 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.4% Excellent	Read 497 Write 309 Mixed 283 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 22.2 122% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 42.8 85% 174 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 108%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,575 Write 540 Mixed 805 213% 973 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 49 178% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 159 160% 260 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 348GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5695 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 848 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 62 44 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 232 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8741345467	120% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 500 Mixed 517 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 47.8 176% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 157 162% 265 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 59 189277217 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 55 343658160732 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 114632677135315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 708 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 622526499 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2327 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13499 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 189277217 (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 81252191309584 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20951421086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37559041377 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 79.2 Mixed 69.9 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 4.43 4K Mixed 0.36 150% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 63%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 187826973 (03) Spinup time 84 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 970 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 674418274 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -37323265798900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 308 (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 58 50 723583018 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2482 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3082 (C2) HDA temperature 42 50 64424509482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 187826973 (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 43989055048348 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23721535506 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39984425229	84.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 141 Mixed 145 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 2.03 4K Write 3.38 4K Mixed 0.32 183% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 104%
Asmedia Mercury On-The-G 1TB 23GB free, PID a006 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.5% Below average	Read 88.1 Write 91.8 Mixed 75.3 109% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.25 29% 0.55 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 26.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 58.4 68% 58.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 107%

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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	3,911x
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	785x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	782x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	197x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	289x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Total price: $1,206

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 $40	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