Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	246% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 00:58
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 245 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 814 74% 622 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 808 636 636 629 546 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,101 Write 1,720 Mixed 817 SusWrite 617 292% 1,314 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 71.2 253% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,109 DQ Write 978 DQ Mixed 784 659% 957 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 254%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 1TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 150 153 154 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 200 Mixed 86 SusWrite 152 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.5 173% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D26BFSC.16FBD 2x16GB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2668 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 24.4 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,420x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	792x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,036x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	951x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	310x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	228x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16