Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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, 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '20 at 21:03
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 513 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 150 Parallax 139 110% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 17,781 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 255 254 259 257 260 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 311 Mixed 282 SusWrite 258 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49.2 188% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 252 206% 296 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 115%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 846GB free Firmware: JA0OA5M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 40 42 40 43 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 57%
Seagate BUP Portable 4TB 5,255 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 99 92 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 99.6 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 98.9 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.6 191% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08QFHH39-135-K 2x8GB 500 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3297 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 44.9 MC Mixed 32 111% 38.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 53.6 75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 107%

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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	4,387x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	785x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,030x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	943x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	438x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16