Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 744 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1474) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 203 Parallax 179 146% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 170 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pioneer APS-SL2 Serise 240GB 270 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6551 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 579 (A1) Unknown 100 100 0 (A4) Unknown 100 100 138194 (A5) Unknown 100 100 72 (A6) Unknown 100 100 22 (A7) Unknown 100 100 70 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 17028 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4044 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	71.3% Very good	Read 484 Write 397 Mixed 442 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 3.17 79% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 3.86 41% 94.8 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 71%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 426GB free Firmware: GG18 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 206302628 (03) Spinup time 98 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 712 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 243472367 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 45040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (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 61 48 790560807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1366 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 90194313255 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 23 206302628 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.1% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 69.3 Mixed 73.2 53% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.48 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 74%
WD My Book 25EE 3TB 3,089 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 75.4 Write 129 Mixed 86.7 132% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 91%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 176GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 37.5 Mixed 10.4 34% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.2 31% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 24 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 110%

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Gaming 107%

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Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	509x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	121x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	102x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	74x

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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16