Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '20 at 01:03
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (63^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 259 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 718 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 191 Parallax 171 136% 176 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 180 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 480GB 3,502 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 367GB free Firmware: Q1115A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 401 410 408 426 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 424 Mixed 349 SusWrite 405 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 24.3 128% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 33.4 82% 166 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 104%
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 571GB free Firmware: SVN163 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1164 1370 1362 1332 1495 1371 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,373 Write 1,601 Mixed 1,287 SusWrite 1,349 369% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 83.7 278% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,171 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 1,197 876% 1,145 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 355%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 666GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 69 70 71 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 75.2 Write 68.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 69.7 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 51%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 80GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 82 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 94 Write 78.5 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 83.9 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 2,309 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 114%

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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	4,358x
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 $179	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