Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	239% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '19 at 13:44
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 159 2-Core 303 103% 186 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 820 81% 660 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 68.1 56% 68.9 fps	MRender 72.6 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 55.1 51% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 643 326 321 318 308 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,999 Write 1455 Mixed 939 SusWrite 370 264% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 71.5 264% 97.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,282 DQ Write 1,205 DQ Mixed 938 788% 1,141 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 474 445 461 409 375 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 485 Mixed 421 SusWrite 440 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.4 227% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 450GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 107 107 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 102 Mixed 86.7 SusWrite 106 73% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 59%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 14GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 15 14 14 14 15 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 100 Write 14 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 14.9 39% 39 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.3 108% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 11,301 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 29.8 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 30.8 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%

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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