Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '17 at 01:02
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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-$250 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 788 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 800 50% 800 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 81.2 Parallax 70 69% 78.5 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 72.6 59% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 512GB-$74 4,600 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 603GB free Firmware: 040H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 511 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2245 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3809665483188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 161 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 184 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	74% Very good	Read 515 Write 253 Mixed 340 81% 369 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 7.05 104% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 11.5 63% 141 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 81%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 603GB free Firmware: 010G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 98 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3405 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3761 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 123 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B5) Unknown 100 100 7121086842016 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 9271 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 93 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 164288 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	76% Very good	Read 515 Write 252 Mixed 269 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 11.2 109% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 11.3 62% 141 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 74%
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335t Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -50199577743410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3220 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 421 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 959582 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 959582 (F2) Unknown 100 100 626204 (F9) Unknown 100 100 25016	80.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 228 Mixed 298 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 20 124% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 73.8 98% 178 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 285GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123592466 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16677 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 196973918 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11646 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4576 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 487915549 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 20 123592466 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 9698036181964 (F1) Unknown 100 253 937580471 (F2) Unknown 100 253 146412060	42.9% Average	Read 88.3 Write 61.2 Mixed 85.8 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.28 65% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 68%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 234GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2599 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7393 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 263 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2335 (C2) HDA temperature 118 109 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	54% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 89.8 Mixed 95.7 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.13 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 101%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,893x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	362x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	782x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	777x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	265x
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 $40Bench 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: $1,232

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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