Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1428 x 986 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '19 at 20:57
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 90.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 535 70% 525 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2061) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 112 Parallax 105 93% 110 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 79.7 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 87 85 88 86 85 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 138 Write 106 Mixed 124 SusWrite 85.1 25% 113 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 33.2 131% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 96.8 77% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 100 101 102 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 187 Write 193 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 104 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 23 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $15	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