Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	93.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 18:05
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 145 2-Core 267 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 635 71% 556 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 136 Parallax 122 113% 132 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 264GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 162 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 562747647	109% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 416 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.4 181% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 116 104% 148 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 841 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 100 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749216804 (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 18 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 31923884589 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1005217524 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2359416422	93.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 478 Mixed 453 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 19.4 125% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 33.6 67% 125 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 107%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$109 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 954GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 177 5900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 674 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9091 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.8% Very good	Read 154 Write 118 Mixed 121 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 88%
asmedia ASM1053 1TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 248GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 144 Write 133 Mixed 64.7 138% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.6% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 17.5 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 80%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,972x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	776x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	375x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	925x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	795x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	788x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	272x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	200x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	362x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	292x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	140x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,011

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359