Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.7% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 01:43
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^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-$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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 245 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 600 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% 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: 431.60 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 104 Parallax 87.4 79% 96.4 fps	MRender 87 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 93.4 75% 90.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 611GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 75 77 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 418 Write 80.8 Mixed 112 SusWrite 76 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 23 94% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 74.8 DQ Mixed 106 84% 119 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 121%
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 233GB free Firmware: 30000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 285 246 247 246 247 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 347 Mixed 378 SusWrite 271 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 42.8 147% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 354 265% 352 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.3% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 19.2 MC Mixed 18.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 18.6 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 101%

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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 $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