Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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 (14%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 22:28
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 256 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 674 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 717 44% 717 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 83.9 86% 96 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 87.8 Splatting 89 72% 88 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1146 1158 1128 1161 1138 1100 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,854 Write 1,691 Mixed 821 SusWrite 1,138 308% 1,376 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 46.3 174% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 786 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 397 330% 491 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 302%
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 821GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 451 416 209 288 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 472 Mixed 344 SusWrite 344 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 37.2 137% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 196 185% 289 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 103%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 500GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 81 74 75 75 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 75.7 Write 83.5 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 76.5 48% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 69%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 131 132 130 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 143 Write 127 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 130 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 38 37 38 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 34.8 Write 35.3 Mixed 74 SusWrite 37.2 35% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.3 113% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 92%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 3TB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2.5TB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 175 176 174 175 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 19.5 Write 42 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 176 94% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMR16GX4M2D3200C16 CMR16GX4M2D3200C16 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 28.2 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 25.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 87%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,350x
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	888x

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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Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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