Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	78.3% 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	123% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 300 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 777 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.3% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 107 Parallax 99.6 81% 102 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 85.5 73% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 64 4781225 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 676 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 77056008257540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 589299747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 85899345955 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -90443421319095 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2283224 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2498001 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	18.9% Very poor	Read 140 Write 44.3 Mixed 69.4 18% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 2.4 39% 9.28 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 127%
ST3000DM001-1ER166 250GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8353 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 475 (B1) Unknown 90 90 202 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 50 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 116491575561	123% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 493 Mixed 496 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 51.9 209% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 32.2 70% 135 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 745GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214755616 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40923527 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 469 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 57 51 724107307 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 49328 (C2) HDA temperature 43 49 17179869227 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99033355904554 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30230802063 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52604911893	78.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 131 Mixed 115 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.16 60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$50 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3091 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 27.7 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 30.8 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 49.1 81% 49.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	3,983x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	778x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	376x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	929x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	797x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	790x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	275x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	200x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	362x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	294x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $50Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	140x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,008

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363