Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	319% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 14:02
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 159 2-Core 305 103% 187 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 849 86% 694 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 923 631 629 624 629 629 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,556 Write 2,337 Mixed 1,560 SusWrite 678 398% 1,783 MB/s	4K Read 71.8 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 101 347% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 1,620 DQ Write 1,430 DQ Mixed 1,487 1,125% 1,512 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 219GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1558 1281 1287 1276 1063 776 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,558 Write 2,368 Mixed 1,647 SusWrite 1,207 435% 1,945 MB/s	4K Read 70.1 4K Write 212 4K Mixed 102 349% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 1,760 DQ Write 1,529 DQ Mixed 1,603 1,213% 1,631 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 372%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 114 114 111 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 73 SusWrite 112 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 129 128 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 127 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 128 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 28.6 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 42.8 SC Mixed 30.7 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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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	4,361x
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	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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