Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.11% 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	149% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	23.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '21 at 23:44
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 117 2-Core 244 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 691 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.11% Terrible	Lighting 7.5 Reflection 8.5 Parallax 8.5 6% 8.17 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 13.2 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.11% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 261 268 269 229 364 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,400 Write 208 Mixed 430 SusWrite 285 126% 581 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 44.8 150% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 942 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 552 431% 611 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 353%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 524GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 115 124 131 126 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 97.5 Write 118 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 125 73% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 167% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.1 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 135%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,363x
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	1,029x
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	483x
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 $295	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