Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '18 at 22:16
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 184 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 759 67% 569 Pts	64-Core 788 49% 788 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,360 Write 1,118 Mixed 517 220% 998 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 53.2 204% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,082 DQ Write 1,153 DQ Mixed 712 648% 982 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 131GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 96 97 96 96 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 108 Mixed 61 SusWrite 95.1 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 637GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 125 120 125 127 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 93.3 Write 111 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 123 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 212% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 71%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 16GB 16,813 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 3.9 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.29% Terrible	Read 39.2 Write 5 Mixed 10.3 SusWrite 4.6 14% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.29% Great: 9%
TOSHIBA TransMemory 32GB 7,326 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 21GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		4K Read 5.7 4K Mixed 0 32% 2.85 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 23 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 88%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	435x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $993

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