Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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.
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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 12:56
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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-$241 712,312 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 (72^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 265 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 670 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 142 Parallax 132 111% 137 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 132 Splatting 104 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 473 Write 470 Mixed 311 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 49.3 175% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 38.7 62% 112 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 477 Write 472 Mixed 388 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.9 195% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 184 187% 303 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 71GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 392 422 427 431 428 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 420 Mixed 363 SusWrite 414 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.2 134% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 42.8 94% 187 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.3% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 94%

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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 $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	228x

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: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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