Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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	60% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 16:52
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	79%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 790 66% 570 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 179 Parallax 181 141% 178 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 184 Splatting 124 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 229 265 253 280 275 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 343 Write 277 Mixed 177 SusWrite 255 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 25.6 4K Mixed 25.2 67% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 44.2 DQ Mixed 113 105% 173 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 302GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 192 228 229 274 245 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.5% Average	Read 272 Write 254 Mixed 266 SusWrite 231 58% 256 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 11.2 46% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 85.3 67% 96.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 99%
Seagate ST4000NE0025-2EW107 4TB 1,117 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 589GB free Firmware: EN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 57 36 20 21 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 125 Write 94.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 44.6 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 429GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 139 151 148 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 162 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 149 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 157 173 163 169 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 155 Write 156 Mixed 102 SusWrite 167 197% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMR32GX4M4A2666C16 4x8GB 582 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 19.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 128%

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

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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	4,348x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	782x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,026x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	481x
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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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