Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% 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	252% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 00:54
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 755 73% 603 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2931 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 210 Parallax 188 155% 196 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 188 Splatting 137 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 651 337 334 336 334 317 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2495 Write 1,461 Mixed 1,326 SusWrite 385 313% 1,417 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 83.2 278% 98.2 MB/s	DQ Read 982 DQ Write 917 DQ Mixed 1,009 741% 970 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 280%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 185GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 130 130 132 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 95 Write 95 Mixed 28 SusWrite 131 63% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 111%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 194GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 71 70 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 71.3 Write 70 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 70.8 49% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 69%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 48GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 53 54 54 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	30% Below average	Read 51 Write 58 Mixed 39 SusWrite 53.5 37% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 86% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 5,028 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3030 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 31.2 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 30.4 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

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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