Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	124% 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	35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '20 at 00:13
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 67.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 83% 155 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 591 66% 520 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 146 Parallax 152 138% 156 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 173 Splatting 128 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD easystore 240GB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: EF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 110 94 103 121 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 310 Write 351 Mixed 238 SusWrite 132 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 19.5 4K Mixed 8.4 39% 13.2 MB/s	DQ Read 75.2 DQ Write 85.9 DQ Mixed 12.3 28% 57.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 57%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 45GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 329 314 273 218 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 408 Mixed 370 SusWrite 278 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 53.9 183% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2GB free Firmware: X41110WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 366 Write 204 Mixed 97.2 49% 222 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 36.9 146% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 133 131% 215 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 100%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 43GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 315 239 243 235 237 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 357 Write 350 Mixed 352 SusWrite 271 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 34.6 130% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 316 240% 322 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$60 17,279 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 17.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING - $439

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,904x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	765x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	364x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	907x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	781x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	268x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $1,223

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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