Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	201% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 23:51
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 190 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 600 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 627 39% 627 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 138 Parallax 124 109% 132 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 293 292 287 286 279 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,399 Mixed 510 SusWrite 342 228% 1,035 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 52.8 212% 82 MB/s	DQ Read 973 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 623 547% 818 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 34 35 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 97.3 Write 34.3 Mixed 34 SusWrite 34.6 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 96%
WD WD10EVDS-63N5B1 1TB 3,131 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 314GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 67 69 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 72.5 Write 63.7 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 68 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 57%
USB DISK 2.0 4GB 420 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 3.9 5.2 7.8 7.4 7.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Read 8.8 Write 2 Mixed 5 SusWrite 6 7% 5.45 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.1 23% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 16GB 480 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2400, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

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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