Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.7% 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	137% 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 (86%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 21:48
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	86%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 139 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 592 63% 501 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.15 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 103 Reflection 133 Parallax 158 84% 131 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 156 Splatting 113 103% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 582 601 582 584 582 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 1,187 Write 1,469 Mixed 1048 SusWrite 553 240% 1,064 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 67.1 4K Mixed 37.1 115% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 787 DQ Write 99.8 DQ Mixed 173 195% 353 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 297%
Plextor PX-256S2C 256GB 315 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 125GB free Firmware: 1.04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 160 198 199 200 200 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 444 Write 414 Mixed 369 SusWrite 176 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 32.2 104% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 265 224% 327 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 107%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 161 216 218 214 218 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 216 Mixed 102 SusWrite 185 132% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 1.6 361% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 136%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 144 188 187 187 185 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 148 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 160 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.6 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 27.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 27.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 104%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,385x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	785x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,030x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	943x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	438x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16