Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.7% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '17 at 20:23
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$170 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 421 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 57.9 54% 63.5 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 61 Splatting 63 52% 63 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 7 100 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (A6) Unknown 100 100 23 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 74 (A9) Unknown 100 100 25 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 59 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 167503724574 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9217 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2975 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2923	82.7% Excellent	Read 514 Write 367 Mixed 416 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 4.64 105% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 29.1 84% 176 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227589216 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 861 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33674109 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 63 454033435 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 33502 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 64424509467 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -135982959556793 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12767612815 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13560463994	90.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 153 Mixed 150 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 1TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 814GB free, PID ab2d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 114 Write 126 Mixed 40 114% 93.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.36 120% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.6% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 20.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,941x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	774x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	369x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	917x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	789x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	785x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	269x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	269x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	198x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	358x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	290x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	140x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,011

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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