Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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.

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	13.3 Days
Run Date	May 05 '22 at 03:56
Run Duration	297 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 699 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 7.6 Parallax 8.6 6% 7.9 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 12.1 8% 9.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 178 Parallax 175 138% 174 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 175 Splatting 122 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,678 Write 1,897 Mixed 1,446 374% 1,674 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 58.9 204% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1155 DQ Write 913 DQ Mixed 1,144 826% 1,071 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 284%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 42GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 133 132 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 425 Write 133 Mixed 130 SusWrite 132 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 19.4 115% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 49.2 85% 172 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 248GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 475 473 473 477 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 431 Mixed 368 SusWrite 474 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 50.9 185% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$35 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 81GB free Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 633 427 425 424 428 429 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1030 Write 1,038 Mixed 948 SusWrite 461 195% 869 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 55.8 220% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 906 DQ Mixed 719 585% 825 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 193%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 449GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 89 89 89 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 81.3 Write 71.5 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 88.8 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 52GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 131 133 147 153 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 135 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.3% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 23.9 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 21.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 104%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,895x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	764x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	363x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	905x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	783x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	778x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	267x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	266x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $1,224

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