Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.5% 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	44.9% 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 9 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 (19%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 06:22
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 265 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 737 76% 610 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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)	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 94% 115 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 107 Splatting 105 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% 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: 77 81 80 80 73 72 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.9% Average	Read 148 Write 92.7 Mixed 108 SusWrite 77 24% 107 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 22.8 99% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 88.2 DQ Mixed 89.7 69% 95.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 47%
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 29GB free Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 446 164 140 128 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 408 Mixed 330 SusWrite 242 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 40.8 166% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 153 167% 281 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.3% 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: 850 624 624 623 624 605 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,689 Write 1,605 Mixed 622 SusWrite 658 255% 1,144 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 252 4K Mixed 56.8 262% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,083 DQ Write 1,457 DQ Mixed 872 770% 1,137 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 254%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 770GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 93 90 93 92 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 142 Write 133 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 91.5 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 728GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 107 103 104 107 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 95 Mixed 66 SusWrite 105 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.9% 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 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 20.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,376x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	784x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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	437x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	486x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	225x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16