Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% 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	272% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '20 at 18:30
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 247 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 589 65% 515 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Nvidia(10DE 139F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 140 Parallax 139 121% 142 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 105% 133 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 530 521 508 499 495 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,525 Write 2,243 Mixed 1,612 SusWrite 572 388% 1,738 MB/s	4K Read 59.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 74.6 260% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,262 DQ Write 1,230 DQ Mixed 1,256 941% 1,249 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 340%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 63GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 107 100 111 95 106 MB/s Performing below potential (89^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.4% Very good	Read 259 Write 139 Mixed 209 SusWrite 102 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.6 161% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 119 90% 119 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 75%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 204GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 124 97 84 91 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 493 Write 462 Mixed 160 SusWrite 140 70% 314 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 36.5 136% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 185 147% 210 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 68 69 70 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 73 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 69.1 46% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,268 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 30.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 27.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 115%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,418x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	792x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,036x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	951x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	310x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	228x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16