Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	213% 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 Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 14:19
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 531 70% 528 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 199 Parallax 197 145% 191 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 166GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 384 423 447 458 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 455 Mixed 310 SusWrite 424 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 40.7 152% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 66.5 126% 249 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 500GB 727 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 382GB free Firmware: EXT42B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 364 350 357 361 361 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 465 Mixed 385 SusWrite 363 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.1 192% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 256 221% 327 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 119%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 794 803 808 813 749 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,892 Write 898 Mixed 692 SusWrite 799 236% 1,070 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 55.3 207% 79.4 MB/s	DQ Read 817 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 378 330% 505 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 Evo mSATA 250GB-$299 1,431 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 104GB free Firmware: EXT42B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 271 268 272 272 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 447 Mixed 381 SusWrite 282 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.8 196% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 240 213% 321 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 105%

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Gaming 107%

UFO

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

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 $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $726

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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