Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 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	338% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '20 at 20:46
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 253 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 670 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 140 Parallax 131 106% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1667 1809 1849 1854 1767 1662 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,426 Write 2167 Mixed 1,299 SusWrite 1,768 429% 1,915 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 74.3 261% 96.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,259 DQ Write 1,109 DQ Mixed 1,138 866% 1,169 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 393%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 113GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 233 212 213 212 227 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 387 Write 322 Mixed 330 SusWrite 221 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 21.2 4K Mixed 25 79% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 87.4 DQ Mixed 91 77% 114 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 65%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 612GB free Firmware: SN11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 85 87 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 70 SusWrite 86.9 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 74%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 119 114 120 120 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 65 SusWrite 118 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 74%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 67 70 70 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 86.7 Write 76.5 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 68.5 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 40 40 37 29 25 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 153 Write 19 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 32.7 40% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.5 89% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB 12,182 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 21.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.5% 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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,350x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

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	227x

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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Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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