Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	61.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '20 at 00:14
Run Duration	291 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 786 80% 644 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6181) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 147 Parallax 139 110% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 133 Splatting 109 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 115 107 121 114 103 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 365 Write 351 Mixed 236 SusWrite 119 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 16.1 98% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 0.2 66% 158 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 86%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 380GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1622 1703 2140 2082 2073 2060 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	371% Outstanding	Read 2,540 Write 2,101 Mixed 1,413 SusWrite 1,947 448% 2,000 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 204 4K Mixed 90.7 319% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,243 DQ Write 1,116 DQ Mixed 1,150 870% 1,169 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 371% Great: 393%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 324GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2116 714 610 610 609 607 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,472 Write 2,160 Mixed 1,354 SusWrite 878 383% 1,716 MB/s	4K Read 70.2 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 94.8 324% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,243 DQ Write 1,134 DQ Mixed 1,177 886% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 210GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 452 454 452 449 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 457 Mixed 437 SusWrite 423 101% 447 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 64.2 220% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 8,488 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2358 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 89%

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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	4,359x
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 $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 $178	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