Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.46% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	214% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 03:29
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 490 64% 484 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.46% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.88 6% 9.19 fps	MRender 8.43 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 16.3 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.46% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1334 306 303 302 303 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,654 Write 1458 Mixed 577 SusWrite 475 231% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 49.1 216% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,125 DQ Write 1,289 DQ Mixed 727 681% 1,047 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 218GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 366 325 326 324 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 484 Mixed 374 SusWrite 354 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57 184% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 349 266% 358 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%
Lexar JumpDrive P20 USB 3.0 64GB-$20 539 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 55GB free, PID a212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 252 254 255 256 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 258 Write 235 Mixed 133 SusWrite 223 280% 212 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.6 107% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 4,598 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 14GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 13 9.9 10 10 10 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 121 Write 30.3 Mixed 52.6 SusWrite 14.8 59% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.7 162% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M1A2400C16 CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 24GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 86%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	51x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	38x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $727

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 $184	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) $35	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