Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	17.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 00:31
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$184 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 284 93% 170 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 536 66% 505 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 110 Parallax 129 105% 122 fps	MRender 161 Gravity 119 Splatting 94.4 99% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 92 97 98 50 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 418 Write 97.5 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 78.8 37% 172 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 23.4 121% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 26.8 28% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 109GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 113 113 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 160 Write 98.3 Mixed 89 SusWrite 112 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 231% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 980GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 178 178 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 151 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 177 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C16/8G 24GB 228 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 99%

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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	4,396x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	787x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,032x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	947x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	261x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16