Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.17% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	212% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '22 at 01:48
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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-$249 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 141 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 764 78% 630 Pts	64-Core 785 49% 785 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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. 30.0.101.1069 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	4.17% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 7.9 Parallax 8.9 6% 8.07 fps	MRender 1 Gravity 1 Splatting 0.2 0% 0.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.17% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 848 629 625 617 614 614 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,523 Write 1,577 Mixed 663 SusWrite 658 247% 1,105 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 60 222% 79.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,150 DQ Write 777 DQ Mixed 769 626% 899 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 254%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 344GB free Firmware: V5COA7BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 64 64 63 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 58.9 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 63.4 40% 54.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 37%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 254GB free Firmware: 3.CHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 65 65 64 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	37% Below average	Read 64.4 Write 68.3 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 64 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 43%
Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 160GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 67GB free, PID 110c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 37.6 Write 34.6 Mixed 21 SusWrite 37.8 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 14.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 120%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,426x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	794x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,036x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	955x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	901x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	311x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	231x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	229x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $776

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16