Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171225
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 01:30
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 741 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3604) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 115 Parallax 93.8 82% 103 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 100 Splatting 130 100% 121 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 LITE SSD 240GB 893 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0803B5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 633 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 838 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 101 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 52071 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 132 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 8115 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 168492 (F2) Unknown 100 100 460481 (F5) Unknown 100 100 208284	120% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 480 Mixed 489 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 53.8 185% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 89 121% 222 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 104%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59 15,217 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 126GB free Firmware: PB3OC64G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 142 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 9950 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 7227 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3151 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2442985593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 184089 (C2) HDA temperature 203 203 201864183835 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	33% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 60.8 Mixed 50.3 41% 55.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 12.7 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.8 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 94%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 76%

Battleship

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 $134	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