Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	94.7% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 21:34
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 808 79% 648 Pts	64-Core 829 51% 829 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 120GB 964 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 1238 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 141 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26374 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 15 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 81202 (F2) Unknown 100 100 81050 (F5) Unknown 100 100 52748	94.7% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 364 Mixed 423 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 25.2 134% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 24.9 88% 192 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%
Seagate ST2000NM0008-2F3100 2TB 656 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1TB free Firmware: SN01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 65 219008760 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2789585 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 111690624532718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 71 471007259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 556 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 73014444059 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 65 219008760 (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 76961518977199 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1734091547 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1414972971	95.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 168 Mixed 148 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.48 186% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 110%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 783GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 216 (03) Spinup time 165 160 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15612 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3051 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 139 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15611 (C2) HDA temperature 120 87 30 (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	49.1% Average	Read 95.7 Write 75 Mixed 82 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.39 106% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 15,285 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 17 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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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	3,892x
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 $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) $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