Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	292% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 02:57
Run Duration	360 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 787 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% 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 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 113% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 606GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1504 1255 1197 1151 1102 1125 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 2,273 Mixed 1,565 SusWrite 1,222 422% 1,886 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 74.9 268% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1174 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 348 376% 649 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 436GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 480 471 465 441 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 461 Mixed 443 SusWrite 437 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.6 220% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 294 293 293 294 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 462 Mixed 407 SusWrite 312 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 67.6 230% 82.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 129GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 292 291 292 293 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 458 Mixed 407 SusWrite 311 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 67.8 231% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 103GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1076 487 293 292 292 293 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,403 Write 1,239 Mixed 528 SusWrite 456 202% 906 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 60.2 228% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,097 DQ Write 1,185 DQ Mixed 764 679% 1,015 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 299 296 296 298 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 475 Mixed 425 SusWrite 316 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 67.7 232% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 270% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 124%
SABRENT 250GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 93GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 301 300 301 302 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 384 Write 385 Mixed 358 SusWrite 314 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 30.9 98% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 181 134% 176 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 82%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 134GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 86 Write 61 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 73.7 89% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $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: $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 $178	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