Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	36.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	217% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '20 at 10:37
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 296 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 853 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 849 52% 849 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1010 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.5% Below average	Lighting 47 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 60.1 38% 46.6 fps	MRender 30.4 Gravity 49.3 Splatting 40.2 33% 40 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 320 323 323 322 321 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,734 Write 1388 Mixed 533 SusWrite 374 223% 1,007 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 61.2 238% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,111 DQ Write 1,240 DQ Mixed 830 720% 1,060 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 236%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 84GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 85 85 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 63.2 Write 63.2 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 84 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS543232L9A300 320GB-$45 4,619 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 298GB free Firmware: FB4OC40C SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 57.3 Mixed 33.4 SusWrite 56.7 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 34 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 46.8 SC Mixed 34.7 101% 35.4 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $177	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