Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.9% 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	91% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	8.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 13:18
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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-$230 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 541 8-Core 798 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 119 Parallax 102 94% 112 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 97 97 13850 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 105 (B1) Unknown 95 95 90 (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 37 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25723483146	91% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 360 Mixed 393 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 25.8 142% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 42.9 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 23 59% 116 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 124%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6837 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 210 (0A) Spinup retry count 103 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 187 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 201864183848 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 130 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 619 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	98.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 172 Mixed 160 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 4.15 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.31 250% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 104%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 302GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 159 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9630 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 56 31776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 36898 (C2) HDA temperature 120 93 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.9% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 84.1 Mixed 57.5 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 67%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 85GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 76.5 Write 55 Mixed 50.6 73% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.13 42% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 105%

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Gaming 89%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,907x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	367x

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	782x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $1,206

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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