Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 12:52
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 237 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 654 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 128 Parallax 118 94% 121 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 107GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 428 435 438 394 202 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 425 Mixed 356 SusWrite 378 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 49.9 169% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
SABRENT 1TB 611GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT303.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1627 904 868 851 848 879 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 634GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 87 95 98 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 139 Write 169 Mixed 30 SusWrite 96.8 78% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.9 338% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 25.7 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 114%

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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 91%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270I GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	505x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	118x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	81x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	147x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	99x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	71x

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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	55x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	45x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $726

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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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