Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	38.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	86.2% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 11:29
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 283 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 552 72% 543 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.9% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 64.1 36% 58.4 fps	MRender 67.1 Gravity 46.4 Splatting 54.2 45% 55.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF031C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 78 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 374 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 42 94492033060 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 47388 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 56287 (F9) Unknown 100 100 795 (FC) Unknown 100 100 10	86.2% Excellent	Read 524 Write 280 Mixed 372 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 24.1 123% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 24.2 85% 185 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 84%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 759GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 88 87 3815 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 841 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1548 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 171799281687 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 3 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 26393	53.7% Above average	Read 73 Write 115 Mixed 108 75% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.16 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.16 37% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 70%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 3GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 23.6 Write 6.02 Mixed 11.2 14% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.29 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 1.5 139% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x4GB 3,384 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,905x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	365x

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 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	267x
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 $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: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,223

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