Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	283% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 05:14
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 744 80% 634 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2063 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 85.3 Reflection 83.5 Parallax 71 70% 79.9 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 78.9 63% 76.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1235 1265 614 609 605 609 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,292 Write 1,751 Mixed 1,214 SusWrite 823 338% 1,520 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 88.7 298% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,313 DQ Write 859 DQ Mixed 1,026 781% 1,066 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 550GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 165 165 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 149 Mixed 93.8 SusWrite 164 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 542GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 94 94 93 92 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 108 Write 104 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 91.4 122% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 26.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 30.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 50.4 79% 50.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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	892x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	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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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $977

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