Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	96.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '21 at 04:43
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 139 2-Core 247 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 637 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9684 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9 Parallax 8.6 6% 8.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (146 fps cap detected)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 146 Parallax 146 118% 146 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 146 Splatting 122 101% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 152 109 165 101 190 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 664 Mixed 869 SusWrite 187 139% 618 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 41.7 122% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 674 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 114 147% 282 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 305%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 370 Write 326 Mixed 338 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 27.1 90% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 81.2 DQ Mixed 157 129% 192 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 15GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 768 Write 499 Mixed 274 113% 514 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 23 86% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 599 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 123 143% 262 MB/s
Poor: 82% Great: 332%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 45 54 52 49 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	35% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 40.7 Mixed 58 SusWrite 51.4 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.5 131% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 90%
WD WD20EURS-63S48Y0 2TB 12,928 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 9GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 97 57 70 70 100 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 71.8 Mixed 76.4 SusWrite 80.8 62% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3866 C18 Series 2x8GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 18.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 137%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 17: 2R 1G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
17%	8%	88	109	6	60	23"	1920 1200	APP9223 Cinema HD

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Gaming 89%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,895x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
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 $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: $1,223

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