Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	220% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 11:03
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$235 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 783 79% 639 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% MSI(1462 3680) CLim: 1663 MHz, MLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.3 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 87 Parallax 164 85% 118 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 114 Splatting 124 91% 108 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 663 434 434 435 436 433 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1580 Write 1,519 Mixed 1,347 SusWrite 472 275% 1,230 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 74.6 270% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 852 DQ Write 1,144 DQ Mixed 790 655% 929 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 228%
CSSD-M2B02TPG2VN 2TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 497GB free Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1514 931 937 939 951 942 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,557 Write 2,133 Mixed 1,635 SusWrite 1,036 359% 1590 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 61.3 220% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,697 DQ Write 1,421 DQ Mixed 1,520 1,149% 1,546 MB/s
Poor: 192% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 262%
Jmicron Generic 1TB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 517GB free Firmware: 2101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 766 771 763 770 770 767 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 46% Great: 91%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 37GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 24 20 22 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 253 Write 19 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 38.6 67% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 8.8 400% 7.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.9% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.2 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 95%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	730x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	187x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	120x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	224x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	47x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	28x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $721

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16