Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '18 at 11:48
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	26%

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 i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 454 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 134 137 137 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 400 Write 154 Mixed 196 SusWrite 135 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 36.6 155% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 118 97% 138 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 83%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 99GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 435 302 245 250 247 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 431 Mixed 388 SusWrite 316 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 42.8 160% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 323 238% 314 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 197 197 198 198 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 148 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 196 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 128GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 159 163 159 158 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 133 Write 101 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 158 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 112%
USB Flash Disk 2GB 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6.4 6.1 6.4 6.1 6.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 9.7 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 6.2 12% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 8%
S31B0810 USB DISK 1GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.4 4.4 4 4.4 4.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.81% Terrible	Read 17.3 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 4.2 7% 7.18 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.81% Great: 6%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 15GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 23.5 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 22 34% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.2 53% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$50 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.6% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,982x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	778x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	376x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	929x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	797x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	790x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	275x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	200x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	362x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	294x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	140x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,008

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363