Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	97.5% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 19:33
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 248 93% 162 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 738 74% 603 Pts	64-Core 739 46% 739 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 137 Parallax 119 112% 131 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 127 Splatting 100 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 108 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 76 (B1) Unknown 100 99 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 59 46 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 960051689	97.5% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 405 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 29.3 165% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 29 37% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 131%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 360GB 1,301 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 65GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 968 Write 274 Mixed 344 115% 529 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 14.7 130% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 90.2 132% 248 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 147%
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 34GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 6129097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -66039417139538 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 163 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6129097 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6129097 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6129097 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5459 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5310 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5310 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8839	85.5% Excellent	Read 500 Write 266 Mixed 322 80% 363 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 14.4 134% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 62 101% 194 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 29.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 30.3 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,894x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
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 $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: $1,224

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