Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.2% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170105
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '19 at 06:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 103 2-Core 186 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 485 52% 412 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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: 417.22 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 127 Parallax 112 91% 117 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 103 Splatting 92 81% 99.9 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120 1,762 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 206 103 128 151 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 923 Write 674 Mixed 393 SusWrite 226 123% 554 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 29.6 112% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 128 126% 211 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 185%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 755GB free Firmware: MS2OA8K0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 164 169 169 169 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 114 Write 125 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 164 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/16G Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 24GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2667, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 73%

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

SSD
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	51x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	38x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $727

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