Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.2% 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	45.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '19 at 08:59
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 142 2-Core 267 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 777 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% 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: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 94% 115 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 104 Splatting 107 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 90GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501A SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 68 80 77 68 67 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.1% Average	Read 154 Write 93.7 Mixed 119 SusWrite 73.2 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 23.2 101% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 86.7 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 86.7 65% 86 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 47%
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 29GB free Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 164 152 152 141 140 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 374 Mixed 259 SusWrite 156 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 41.3 162% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 142 148% 245 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 127%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 122GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 826 606 603 603 593 585 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,647 Write 1,596 Mixed 618 SusWrite 636 251% 1,124 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 268 4K Mixed 51.2 265% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1082 DQ Write 1,458 DQ Mixed 865 766% 1,135 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 254%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 770GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 96 98 98 97 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 139 Write 128 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 97.4 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 728GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 98 98 101 101 102 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 99.8 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 100 68% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.8 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 98%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

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	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
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: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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