Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	18.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '18 at 16:49
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 586 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2519 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 141 Parallax 120 112% 133 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 443 Write 417 Mixed 339 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 48.7 168% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 498GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 112 111 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 117 Write 121 Mixed 67 SusWrite 112 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 84%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 75.5 Write 74 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 77.1 49% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 55%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 16GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 6148 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 12 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 1.3 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1.6 72% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 17%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 8GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 6148 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	5.5% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 7.7 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 10.8 13% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.5% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB-$169 37,519 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.4 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 97%

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Gaming 89%

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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	766x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	365x

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	267x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	196x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	355x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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 $40	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