Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	185% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 713 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 78.1 73% 84.9 fps	MRender 83.3 Gravity 78.3 Splatting 69 62% 76.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,512 Write 1,293 Mixed 1,237 300% 1,347 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 20.6 141% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 51.8 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 29 45% 82.6 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 254%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 14GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 121427316304185 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4422 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4417 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 282446 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 282446 (F2) Unknown 100 100 424819 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11512	69% Good	Read 497 Write 172 Mixed 233 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 10.7 110% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 57.5 74% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 83%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 7GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8824 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2257 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 182 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13725879868	89.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 342 Mixed 349 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 26 130% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 85.1 DQ Mixed 89.1 100% 177 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 126%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 196GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7232 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 27556 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19819 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7856 (BB) vendor-specific 29 29 3342408 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C2) HDA temperature 148 112 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 324154 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 97 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	50.3% Above average	Read 82.8 Write 92.4 Mixed 80.1 64% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.44 107% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 80%

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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 $76Bench 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