Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	112% 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	209% 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.

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Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 00:31
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 59.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 280 84% 160 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 420 53% 404 Pts	64-Core 419 26% 419 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 155 Parallax 134 123% 147 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,541 Write 1,106 Mixed 1,113 278% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.8 198% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 562 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 180 203% 353 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 19GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3817 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2776 (B1) Unknown 87 87 154 (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 78 59 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294967276 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16615941516	66.9% Good	Read 503 Write 134 Mixed 190 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 10.8 101% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 28.9 73% 160 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 0GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3574 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2094 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 76 56 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 32 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2757310593	94.6% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 324 Mixed 357 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 71.1 4K Mixed 27.9 140% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 99.1 129% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C17 2x8GB-$82 1,785 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 13.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 16.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 129 31% 129 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 123%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,904x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	365x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	781x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	267x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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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Total price: $1,223

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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