Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	195% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '21 at 13:32
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (40^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 253 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 629 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4012) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 88.6 Parallax 81.7 73% 86.7 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 80 Splatting 71 70% 88.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 265 269 265 261 256 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,664 Write 1,201 Mixed 679 SusWrite 277 211% 955 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 61.2 210% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,176 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 927 725% 1,005 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 254%
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 109GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1033 478 461 101 637 479 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,597 Write 1,650 Mixed 1,161 SusWrite 532 277% 1,235 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64.4 208% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 922 DQ Mixed 425 459% 765 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 311%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 61 61 61 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 69.8 Write 48.7 Mixed 15.2 SusWrite 61.1 35% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$160 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 40.7 MC Mixed 31.5 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 40.6 SC Mixed 27.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 38: 4R 3G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
38%	36%	45	219	75	60	34.1"	3440 1440	DELA131 DELL U3419W

History: Score 31: 3R 1G 13B | Score 38: 4R 3G 9B

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Gaming 107%

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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 $241Bench 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: $726

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