Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.8% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 19:38
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 584 78% 584 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% PowerColor(148C 2357) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1525 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 91.3 64% 79 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 63 Splatting 82.9 59% 70.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 178 Write 185 Mixed 295 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 47.5 190% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 101 134% 236 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 157%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 10GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7139 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1518 (B1) Unknown 90 90 111 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 153 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20862129946	92.9% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 351 Mixed 347 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 24.6 144% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 66.8 90% 165 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 463GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2267 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1499 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 486846 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.6% Good	Read 109 Write 102 Mixed 107 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 1x8GB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 56%

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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 $250Bench 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 $499Bench 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: 68% - Good

Total price: $749

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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