Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	110% 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	164% 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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 09:24
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	88%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 611 8-Core 844 92% 728 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 156 Parallax 132 118% 144 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 977GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 697 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 296 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 47 227634053154 (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 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6359165060 (F7) Unknown 100 100 199145002 (F8) Unknown 100 100 42216927 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4433 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 485 Write 336 Mixed 341 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 27.6 116% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 53.2 95% 190 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 105%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 696GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	209% Outstanding	Read 1,621 Write 1,133 Mixed 1,159 289% 1,305 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 51.9 207% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 128 134% 224 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 209% Great: 302%
WD Blue 1TB-$105 6,748 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 635GB free Firmware: X41110WD 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 100 100 5133 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13435058 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1004 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 278 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 65 279173857313 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 214750199858 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2913 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3875 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3663 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5226 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78% Very good	Read 486 Write 239 Mixed 284 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 18.7 116% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 45.9 85% 171 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 108%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,585 Write 556 Mixed 810 215% 984 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 48.9 175% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 150 150% 243 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 348GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5588 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 840 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 65 44 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 232 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8699162459	119% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 502 Mixed 512 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 47.3 175% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 151 156% 255 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 59 12278900 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1651 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 55 335064619167 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -89090506615960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 700 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 706150434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2299 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13431 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 64 12278900 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 86346022522547 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20858984198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29523440279 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	54% Above average	Read 104 Write 83.6 Mixed 61.9 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 4.14 4K Mixed 0.34 138% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 63%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 184208569 (03) Spinup time 87 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 962 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 646122733 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 78348793416865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 823656488 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 2472 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3041 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 64424509480 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 1 184208569 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114907555034574 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23629411718 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24038128973	84.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 141 Mixed 141 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.88 4K Write 3.53 4K Mixed 0.29 176% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 107%

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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 $134	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