Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 229 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 522 60% 467 Pts	64-Core 721 45% 721 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 112 90% 112 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+2.7TBHDD 16 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 16.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 86 88 47 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 324 Write 92 Mixed 118 SusWrite 74 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 73.1 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 42.3 182% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 121 113% 182 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 45%
Sandisk SD8SN8U128G1001 128GB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 119GB free Firmware: X4133001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 100 91 93 93 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 433 Write 334 Mixed 299 SusWrite 127 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 40.5 146% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 170 148% 217 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 92%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 452GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 103 105 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 90 Write 94 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 103 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 61%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 341GB free Firmware: GG2OAH10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 18 16 16 16 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 13.5 Mixed 10 SusWrite 16.1 9% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 15% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 58%
USB3.0 500GB 264 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 30GB free Firmware: 8105 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 99 Write 75.7 Mixed 40 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 20 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 105%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,362x
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	1,029x
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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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