Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	214% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170405
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '18 at 21:50
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 266 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 782 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 86.5 79% 96.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 117 Splatting 82.8 74% 90.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 249GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1942 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1073 (A5) Unknown 100 100 11993235 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 464 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 64 274879021089 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 180391378986 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1534 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3019 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2685 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2313 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 498 Write 344 Mixed 324 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 12.1 95% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 45 96% 200 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,809 Write 1,033 Mixed 1,191 297% 1,344 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 60.1 188% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 527 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 203 213% 357 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 219%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 25.7 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 28.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 101%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $195Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16