Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 19:31
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 783 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 197 Parallax 188 144% 187 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 168 Splatting 119 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 108688442407347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 71 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 45 73017393181 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 73017393181 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9132 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5487 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5487 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4818
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$148 1,613 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 105% Great: 207%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236306776 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43269216 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2404 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 571998242 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 407 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41541 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 42949672994 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 240 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36172214561130 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5863269702544 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21388887957470
Poor: 56% Great: 113%
Corsair Flash Survivor USB 3.0 32GB-$75 253 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2GB free, PID 1a04 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 34.4 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 45.5 SC Mixed 34.2 98% 34.5 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%

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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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $715

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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