Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170105
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 21:45
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 838 87% 698 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.01% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.53 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.01% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2314 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 84.5 Parallax 73.1 71% 81.6 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 77 Splatting 76.4 64% 78.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8077 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2231 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 70 52 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 557 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40079218333
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 45GB free Firmware: CS900106 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3697 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 811 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 95 95 180 (AD) Unknown 100 100 458764 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2956	78.9% Very good	Read 410 Write 393 Mixed 386 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 10.1 86% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 16.2 96% 220 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 91%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 106 (03) Spinup time 202 175 4883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1219 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1198 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200088 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 46% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.M8FA CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 24.6 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 34.4 SC Mixed 28.9 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 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: $727

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