Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	194% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	59.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 13:16
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 240 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 766 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3067); EVGA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER SC Ultra Gaming 8GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 127 Parallax 142 107% 134 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 120 Splatting 107 108% 136 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 967 1005 1052 1092 1089 1095 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,156 Write 1,106 Mixed 735 SusWrite 1,050 228% 1,012 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 15 126% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,250 DQ Write 923 DQ Mixed 953 748% 1,042 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 633GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 448 459 469 468 474 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 445 Mixed 350 SusWrite 459 96% 424 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 49.8 155% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 29 30 30 30 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 15.8 Write 31.2 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 31.3 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.2 115% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$107 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 109 110 109 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 116 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 108 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 178 187 188 182 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 90%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 155 154 146 153 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 138 Write 147 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 150 175% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 116% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FD BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD BLS16G4D240FSE.16FD BLS16G4D240FSE.16FBD 64GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 21 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 81%

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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 $45Bench 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 $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