Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.73% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	279% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '20 at 11:30
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 727 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8935 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.73% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 8.2 Parallax 8.5 6% 7.97 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7.4 Splatting 11.6 8% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.73% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$74 6,712 User benchmarks, average bench 262% 575GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1703 1421 1413 1417 1418 1206 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 1,616 Write 1,632 Mixed 1,305 SusWrite 1,430 337% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 62.5 239% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,356 DQ Write 1,073 DQ Mixed 1,203 904% 1,211 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 335%
SABRENT 5TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 2210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 132 133 128 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 106 Write 121 Mixed 66 SusWrite 126 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.8 207% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 67%
WD Game Drive 4TB 3,751 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 106 105 106 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 116 Write 106 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 105 134% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.7 209% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 65%
WD Elements 25A3 6TB 4,829 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 132 131 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 163 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 131 188% 144 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 0.9 454% 9.17 MB/s	DQ Read 0.6 DQ Write 11.9 DQ Mixed 1 441% 4.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.4 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 40.9 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16