Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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	125% 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	234% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	15.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 05 '19 at 15:34
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 150 2-Core 269 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 753 78% 627 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 186 Parallax 180 141% 179 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 174 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 825 584 580 585 579 581 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,869 Write 1,623 Mixed 644 SusWrite 622 264% 1,189 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 59.1 216% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1172 DQ Write 1,288 DQ Mixed 849 744% 1,103 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 564GB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1098 1103 1088 1101 1105 1101 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1296 Write 1115 Mixed 773 SusWrite 1,099 240% 1,071 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 70.5 238% 87.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1585 DQ Write 1,309 DQ Mixed 1,234 982% 1,376 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 363%
FUJITSU MHT2060AT 60GB 56GB free, PID 002f Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 24 Mixed 17.3 22% 20.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 52% 0.63 MB/s

BUFFALO External HDD 4TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 390GB free, PID 027e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.5 13 8.7 18 12 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 59%
BUFFALO HD-GDU3 8TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 7TB free, PID 0235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 182 183 185 181 178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	277% Outstanding	Read 326 Write 388 Mixed 353 SusWrite 199 432% 316 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 30.3 3,135% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.9 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 19.1 3,075% 37.2 MB/s
Poor: 277% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 294%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x16GB 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 22.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,906x
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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	268x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,232

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