Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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.
Boot Drive	219% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 13:38
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (98^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 258 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 788 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 198 Parallax 178 154% 188 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 183 Splatting 128 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 575 320 321 319 319 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,099 Write 1,442 Mixed 737 SusWrite 362 256% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 58.8 227% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 981 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 713 612% 897 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 302GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 337 338 336 336 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 373 Write 312 Mixed 159 SusWrite 334 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 28.3 113% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 63.9 99% 192 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 89%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 5.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 132 132 131 132 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 154 Write 118 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 130 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 147 151 148 147 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 111 Write 126 Mixed 69 SusWrite 147 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.5 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 30 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 32.2 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,361x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	783x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,028x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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