Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '18 at 09:01
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (33^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 139 2-Core 275 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 674 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 192 Parallax 162 130% 171 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 168 Splatting 124 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 486 Write 462 Mixed 389 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.4 156% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 202 188% 288 MB/s
Poor: 56% Great: 97%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 0GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 92 Write 89.3 Mixed 52 58% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 10GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 32 35 40 46 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 66 Write 65.7 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 39.3 38% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 40%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 100GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 183 183 185 173 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 138 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 181 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	67.3% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 86.8 46% 86.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING - $200

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	727x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	181x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	222x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	158x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	129x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	56x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	48x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	46x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	57x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	28x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $928

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