Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	202% 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	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 (77%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 04:33
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	77%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th 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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 257 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 494 67% 500 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2753 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 147 Parallax 129 113% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 115 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 696 874 1063 1060 1063 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,222 Write 1,024 Mixed 743 SusWrite 887 217% 969 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 44.9 146% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 1,290 DQ Write 1,137 DQ Mixed 1,119 865% 1,182 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 274GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 329 405 461 461 462 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 454 Mixed 376 SusWrite 400 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 44.8 147% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 28 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 27.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 61.1 65% 61.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 105%

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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 $40	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