Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	341% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '18 at 10:03
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	12%

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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 94% 172 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 739 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 102 86% 105 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 98 Splatting 88.6 76% 93.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 363GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 392 328 329 329 329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 459 Mixed 345 SusWrite 350 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.8 219% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 346 264% 358 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 123%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1301 1636 1719 1759 1532 1087 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	341% Outstanding	Read 2,612 Write 1,832 Mixed 902 SusWrite 1,506 381% 1,713 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 78.3 284% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 1271 DQ Mixed 1,117 886% 1,232 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 341% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 168GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 932 663 663 660 660 660 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,026 Write 1,736 Mixed 704 SusWrite 706 287% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 67.7 265% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,123 DQ Write 1,420 DQ Mixed 1,010 835% 1,184 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 254%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 166 167 168 169 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 168 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 168 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	728x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	182x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 77% - Very good

Total price: $927

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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) $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