Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.7% 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	201% 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.

High background CPU (21%). 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	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '19 at 20:56
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 135 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 725 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.7% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 136 Parallax 117 101% 126 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 119 Splatting 106 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 392 399 403 415 416 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,906 Write 827 Mixed 667 SusWrite 411 209% 953 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 57.2 215% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,198 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 430 403% 651 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 283%
HP EX950 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$207 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 300% 1.5TB free Firmware: SS0411B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 458 401 406 413 418 417 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,149 Write 1,090 Mixed 132 SusWrite 419 155% 697 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 66.1 233% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,327 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 574 589% 967 MB/s
Poor: 194% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 379%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 194 191 192 194 190 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 146 Write 181 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 192 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F3R 1TB 778 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 824GB free Firmware: 1AJ30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 46 48 48 49 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 2,270 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 32.9 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 25.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 135%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,348x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	782x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,026x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	481x
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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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