Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	132% 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '20 at 02:15
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 760 75% 615 Pts	64-Core 783 48% 783 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 84A9) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 85.2 56% 73.7 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 51 56% 70.1 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 194 177 198 202 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 989 Write 432 Mixed 322 SusWrite 200 106% 486 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 39.9 182% 71.8 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 522 DQ Mixed 383 343% 521 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 144%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 178 189 189 192 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 122 Mixed 87.6 SusWrite 187 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 26GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 6.2 6.8 9.9 11 8.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 38.2 Write 15 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 7.7 22% 19.2 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.6 233% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$33 14,163 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 95%

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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	4,358x
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 $179	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