Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	159% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 11:59
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 142 2-Core 258 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 704 70% 574 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 129 Parallax 117 96% 121 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 116 Splatting 102 89% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 159 166 160 161 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1292 Write 911 Mixed 517 SusWrite 212 162% 733 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 48.2 203% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 525 DQ Write 965 DQ Mixed 51.9 236% 514 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 236%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 78GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 302 303 302 299 221 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 391 Write 380 Mixed 331 SusWrite 294 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 48.7 4K Mixed 34.2 114% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 117 92% 125 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 652GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 145 123 154 155 152 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 140 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 147 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 114%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.7 9.9 16 16 15 9.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 23.7 Write 11.2 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 12.3 20% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.2 94% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	85.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 28.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,902x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	765x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	364x

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	780x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
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 $45Bench 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 $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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