Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 01:29
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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-$241 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 269 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 567 8-Core 793 86% 680 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 106 Parallax 93.8 78% 98.4 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 94.2 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,884 Write 685 Mixed 1,177 274% 1,249 MB/s	4K Read 61.4 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 84.7 292% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 1,333 DQ Mixed 990 793% 1,096 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 21GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 476 Write 458 Mixed 412 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 68.5 238% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 268% 360 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 157GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 316 317 316 317 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 447 Mixed 391 SusWrite 334 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 71.3 243% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 11,301 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 31.1 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 45.2 SC Mixed 34.9 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 44 91% 44 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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 $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