Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	268% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 19:28
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 281 98% 175 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 816 83% 673 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 154 Parallax 142 127% 150 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 143 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,916 Write 1,370 Mixed 1,414 417% 1,900 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 30 217% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 59.9 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 31.5 49% 89.7 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 254%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 96GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 79491255611788 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1282 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1188 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4634372 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1188 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 128657 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 51 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 128657 (F2) Unknown 100 100 137895 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3600	78.4% Very good	Read 505 Write 124 Mixed 200 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 18.8 147% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 57.7 79% 146 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 27GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8883 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2725 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1272 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2654 (C2) HDA temperature 125 100 27 (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	77.4% Very good	Read 148 Write 122 Mixed 120 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.43 136% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 39.8 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 31 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.6 SC Mixed 33 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	51x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	38x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $727

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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