Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	64.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 19:48
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 704 73% 587 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 117% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13446939 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -124133144780693 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4444 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 223 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 34362753060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13446939 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13446939 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13446939 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 38654705665 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27983 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24802 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24802 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14046	64.6% Good	Read 512 Write 218 Mixed 286 74% 339 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 21.9 4K Mixed 18.4 79% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 65.4 73% 126 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 65%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 127 127 21494300970 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4373 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6120 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 154619150365 (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 200 200 0	89.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 152 Mixed 180 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 DDR4 2400 2OZ Corsair CMU16GX4M2A2400C16 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 23.7 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 23.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	727x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	181x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $927

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