Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	157% 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	90.3% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 06:58
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 251 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 714 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,000 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Nvidia(10DE 147D) ≥ 4GB; Founders edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	157% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 274 Parallax 337 165% 271 fps	MRender 325 Gravity 245 Splatting 142 184% 237 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 426GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 638 995 190 102 100 96 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,270 Write 1,129 Mixed 859 SusWrite 353 202% 903 MB/s	4K Read 50.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 69.7 250% 93.2 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 903 DQ Mixed 270 344% 603 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 255%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 227 224 191 218 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 417 Mixed 374 SusWrite 232 80% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 39.9 149% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 324 245% 328 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 99%
Toshiba MD03ACA300V 3TB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: FL2V SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 138 136 138 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 145 Write 142 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 137 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 93%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 128GB 536 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 89GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 81 80 83 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 88 Write 78.5 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 80 104% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 4.1 272% 5.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3466C16-8GTZR F4-3200C16-8GTZR F4-3466C16-8GTZR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 30.2 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 27.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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	4,359x
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 $94Bench 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: 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