Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 05:32
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 655 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 171 Parallax 159 135% 165 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 152 Splatting 117 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW24L0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,336 Write 882 Mixed 922 232% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 39.5 149% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 639 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 502 366% 487 MB/s
Poor: 114% Great: 241%
Intel SSDSCKJF360A5L 360GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 69GB free Firmware: LTVi SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 178 216 208 203 129 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 294 Write 156 Mixed 203 SusWrite 184 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 18.7 4K Mixed 21.4 77% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 223 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 96.5 86% 133 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%
T-32 32GB 4GB free Firmware: P083 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 40 41 41 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.3% Below average	Read 239 Write 39.8 Mixed 65.2 SusWrite 40.6 21% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 7.6 60% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 51.7 DQ Write 41.1 DQ Mixed 31.8 28% 41.5 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 240GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 82 83 84 78 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 50 Write 89.8 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 80.1 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 186% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 5GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 119 61 85 130 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 121 Write 77.7 Mixed 74 SusWrite 100 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 27 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 35.2 SC Mixed 27.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 103%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,358x
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 $45Bench 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 $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