Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 23:43
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 537 72% 538 Pts	64-Core 532 33% 532 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 143 Parallax 138 109% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1686 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 379 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 92 92 120 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 201864511517 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 92 92 8 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 34334186602 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1073594226 (F8) Unknown 100 100 222825644 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1253 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	72% Very good	Read 467 Write 272 Mixed 313 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 21.9 91% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 37.8 74% 151 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 29GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4450 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1131 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 596032357	107% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 402 Mixed 420 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 45.6 154% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 117 142% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 455GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4807 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2714 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4767 (C2) HDA temperature 114 90 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.2% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.49 120% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 69%
WD My Book Elite 1TB 763 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 97GB free, PID 1111 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 36 Mixed 16 35% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 104%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,895x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,224

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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