Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	120% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '18 at 03:35
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 283 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 763 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% 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 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 113% 139 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 463 462 463 467 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 458 Mixed 379 SusWrite 459 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 51.8 184% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
OCZ Trion 100 960GB-$310 1,128 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 357GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 123 113 110 98 344 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 488 Write 100 Mixed 294 SusWrite 159 57% 260 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.5 124% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 193 154% 221 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 89%
Samsung PM830 512GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 381GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 367 372 377 374 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 447 Write 356 Mixed 268 SusWrite 369 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 28.3 110% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 156 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 4x4GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 102%

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

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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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Value: 70% - Very good

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