Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.2% 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	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 18:14
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 262 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 396 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 149 Parallax 112 103% 129 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 125 Splatting 99.1 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PH5-CE120 120GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: F/W:1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 88 88 76 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196620 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 349	40.8% Average	Read 405 Write 207 Mixed 368 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 4.64 4K Write 29 4K Mixed 5.9 30% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 4.38 22% 47.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 71%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 6316 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3478 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 43213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 865325 (C2) HDA temperature 105 100 45 (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 1	59.7% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 109 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 157 8650 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3481 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 136 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1419679 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 47 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 110 Write 96.9 Mixed 90.7 74% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.15 78% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-042.A00G 1x8GB 569 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 10.6 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 46%

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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