Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	178% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 16:37
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 739 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 93.7 Reflection 106 Parallax 95.7 76% 98.3 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 91.7 74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot P300 256GB 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0214B0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 1073 643 217 149 138 168 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,424 Write 1,204 Mixed 893 SusWrite 398 218% 980 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 26.3 228% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 1,067 DQ Mixed 347 373% 596 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 185%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 489GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 456 369 253 249 248 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 460 Mixed 377 SusWrite 333 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 43.2 160% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 333 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 1x16GB 4,112 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 14.8 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.1 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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