Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 07:33
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 242 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 564 55% 451 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.5.2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 23.7 14% 22 fps	MRender 23 Gravity 13.3 Splatting 20.8 16% 19 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF870400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 79 29 31 21 10 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 410 Write 236 Mixed 146 SusWrite 59.6 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 14.8 61% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 63.8 DQ Mixed 34.1 40% 70 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 55%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 78GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 54 57 55 52 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 57 Write 56 Mixed 39.8 SusWrite 53.7 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 51%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 17GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 41 43 46 43 41 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	Read 46.8 Write 45 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 43.1 31% 42 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 24.5 MC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 22.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 49: 5R 6G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
49%	41%	41	109	55	60	21.5"	1920 1080	ACR040D Acer K222HQL

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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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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