Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 94.8%, 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	114% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 23:22
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 102% 187 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 840 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 146 Parallax 126 116% 138 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 136 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 119 117 110 111 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 407 Mixed 393 SusWrite 150 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 64 224% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 147GB free Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 477 475 478 480 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 466 Mixed 380 SusWrite 477 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 46.5 190% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 278 228% 325 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 685GB free Firmware: MS2OA7L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 138 138 136 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 138 Write 125 Mixed 30 SusWrite 137 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 107%
WD WD2502ABYS-18B7A0 250GB 1,323 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 28GB free Firmware: 02.03B05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 96 93 98 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 99 Write 101 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 97.7 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 64%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 125 124 124 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 115 Write 126 Mixed 55 SusWrite 124 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 208% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 71%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,304 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 123 123 124 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 124 Write 113 Mixed 29 SusWrite 123 127% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 22% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.6% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 103%

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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	4,361x
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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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 $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