Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	256% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 03:18
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 255 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 688 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 763 47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 193 Parallax 190 140% 185 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 170 Splatting 123 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1043 1165 1176 1280 1281 1283 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,458 Write 1,060 Mixed 1,093 SusWrite 1,204 270% 1,204 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 78.5 256% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 921 DQ Mixed 975 735% 986 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 496 Write 476 Mixed 367 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60 203% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 750GB 895 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 9GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,465 Write 1201 Mixed 728 250% 1,131 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 55.3 190% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 711 DQ Mixed 658 505% 683 MB/s
Poor: 115% Great: 351%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 761GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 81 65 68 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 3.7 Write 60.8 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 73.9 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 113%
UFD USB Flash Drive 64GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 26GB free, PID a205 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 43.7 Write 35.3 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 34.9 50% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 1% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3000C15-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZR 32GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 31.1 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 29.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 106%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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