Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 22:00
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 558 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 116% 143 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 158 Splatting 115 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 388 408 404 391 338 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 473 Mixed 345 SusWrite 390 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 42.1 158% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 328 255% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 575GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 441 461 439 415 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 455 Mixed 424 SusWrite 428 100% 445 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.6 196% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 160 157 149 157 160 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 90.3 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 157 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 29 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 24 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 120%

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	728x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	186x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	47x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $716

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 $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16