Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.66% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	122% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 23:21
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 85.1 1-Core 146 2-Core 277 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 576 77% 576 Pts	64-Core 568 35% 568 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.66% Terrible	Lighting 8.47 Reflection 11 Parallax 7.97 7% 9.13 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 7.6 Splatting 16.6 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.66% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 379 395 394 399 400 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 471 Mixed 282 SusWrite 393 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 55.2 201% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 284 230% 326 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 183 183 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 171 Mixed 109 SusWrite 183 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 238GB free Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 135 90 93 92 91 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.2% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 12.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	4,359x
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 $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