Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '20 at 10:13
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 133 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 707 70% 573 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 102 Parallax 84.4 73% 92 fps	MRender 94.6 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 91.7 73% 88.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 120GB 5,433 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 65 87 42 89 58 MB/s Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	67.3% Good	Read 166 Write 82 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 82.2 21% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 36.9 134% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 123 147% 257 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 97%
SSD 256GB 256GB 9,229 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 238GB free Firmware: R0831B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 436 435 441 443 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Read 492 Write 432 Mixed 359 SusWrite 437 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 20.2 108% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 91 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 27.7 74% 150 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 166%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 67 69 69 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 71.8 Write 70.5 Mixed 45 SusWrite 68.5 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 175GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 80 81 66 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 104 Write 67.8 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 77.1 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 49%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,893x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	362x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	782x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	777x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	265x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	288x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	138x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,232

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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) $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