Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	238% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 21:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 737 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 149 Parallax 127 109% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 876 635 635 625 622 615 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,804 Write 1,711 Mixed 778 SusWrite 668 276% 1,240 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 62.6 234% 89.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,134 DQ Write 1270 DQ Mixed 863 744% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 16GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 482 Write 452 Mixed 376 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 54.6 201% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 181 185% 300 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 768GB free Firmware: HP63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 119 117 118 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66% Good	Read 112 Write 56.2 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 118 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 846GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 175 176 174 176 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 176 Mixed 119 SusWrite 175 124% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 4,486 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 106%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,347x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	782x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,026x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	434x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	481x
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: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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