Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	266% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 14:37
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 163 2-Core 312 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 869 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 863 53% 863 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.5% 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 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 179 Parallax 173 130% 170 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 158 Splatting 113 104% 129 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 823 615 606 599 589 575 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,197 Write 1,643 Mixed 727 SusWrite 635 288% 1,300 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 65.8 282% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,092 DQ Write 1,374 DQ Mixed 918 780% 1,128 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 254%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 105GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 234 241 231 235 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 476 Write 226 Mixed 264 SusWrite 232 66% 300 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 25.3 102% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 124 106% 163 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 458GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 142 144 142 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 101 Write 68.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 142 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 113%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 102 103 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 129 Write 111 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 101 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 2x8GB 4,728 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2853 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 28.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 37.8 SC Mixed 28.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

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Workstation 76%

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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