Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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	112% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '19 at 07:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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-$247 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 643 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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 85E4) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 196 Parallax 178 147% 185 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 179 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$236 1,645 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 537 302 312 245 313 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 583 Write 861 Mixed 590 SusWrite 386 137% 605 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 42.3 150% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 459 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 413 311% 417 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 184%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 424GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 441 452 460 466 472 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 453 Mixed 321 SusWrite 447 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 38.5 141% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 275 229% 330 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 188 187 187 188 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 172 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 188 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 214% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68% Good	MC Read 24 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 120%

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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 $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,435x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	797x
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	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	906x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	311x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	231x

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	230x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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