Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	212% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 14:44
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 792 79% 645 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.94% Terrible	Lighting 8.33 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 8.38 7% 9.2 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.9 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.94% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 852 843 848 767 816 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,256 Write 890 Mixed 714 SusWrite 826 206% 921 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 67.8 245% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 403 DQ Mixed 610 504% 748 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 262%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 95GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 99 101 98 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,059 Write 521 Mixed 773 SusWrite 109 136% 616 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 59.1 176% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,032 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 273 308% 546 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 210%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 198GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 123 128 130 127 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 134 Write 182 Mixed 169 SusWrite 123 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 32.1 148% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 157 127% 178 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 219GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 134 129 128 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 166 Write 164 Mixed 170 SusWrite 127 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 32.7 149% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 161 128% 178 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 66%
Seagate BUP SL 5TB 1,348 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 138 136 136 138 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 99.3 Write 126 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 136 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.6 4% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 13%
WD Red Pro 4TB (2014)-$189 679 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 8GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 160 Write 150 Mixed 103 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 101%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 2TB 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 115 117 116 117 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 96.7 Write 83 Mixed 56 SusWrite 115 64% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 106%

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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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Total price: $966

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