Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	117% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 12:38
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 260 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 694 69% 564 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 146 Parallax 123 108% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 118 Splatting 106 92% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 143 123 135 128 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 489 Mixed 391 SusWrite 167 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 65 227% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 122%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 46GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 111 105 99 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 160 Mixed 258 SusWrite 115 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 51.8 195% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 333 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free Firmware: 0002LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 9.2 12 12 9.6 6.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 39.2 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 10.2 21% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 57% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 123GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 183 172 160 162 178 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 144 Mixed 81 SusWrite 172 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 70GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 112 111 114 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 112 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.6% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 95%

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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	4,361x
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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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