Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 23:10
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 145 2-Core 238 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 718 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.5% Very good	Lighting 96.7 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.5 79% 101 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 95 Splatting 97 78% 95 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,198 Write 168 Mixed 375 125% 580 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 43.5 193% 72.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,080 DQ Write 573 DQ Mixed 675 542% 776 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 457GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 466 450 472 482 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 440 Mixed 414 SusWrite 466 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.7 203% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 21GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 164 159 157 167 142 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 128 Write 122 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 154 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-012.A00G 9905702-017.A00G 16GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.1 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 14.2 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 87%

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

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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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Value: 68% - Good

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