Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 00:29
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 266 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 707 69% 568 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.72% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 7.38 6% 8.57 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.72% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3722) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 153 Parallax 162 129% 158 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 135 Splatting 98.1 106% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 499GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 24 22 12 85 190 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 435 Write 352 Mixed 222 SusWrite 80.4 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 14.9 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 13.4 42% 10.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 58%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 79 79 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 94.2 Write 88.2 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 77.4 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 58%
Hitahua722020ala330 59Y1809 45W5203IBM 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 648GB free Firmware: JKAOA34D SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 72 75 75 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 74.2 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x8GB 6,151 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 143%

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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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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 $40Bench 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 $40	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