Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	123% 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	308% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '22 at 21:54
Run Duration	283 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 85 1-Core 137 2-Core 241 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 748 76% 613 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 184 Parallax 179 135% 176 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 177 Splatting 122 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 487GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1396 1225 1217 1228 1203 1234 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	308% Outstanding	Read 2,535 Write 2,295 Mixed 1,808 SusWrite 1,250 442% 1,972 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 84.1 276% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,144 DQ Write 818 DQ Mixed 963 724% 975 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 308% Great: 410%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 512GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 482 476 484 482 477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 474 Mixed 382 SusWrite 479 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 49 170% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 122%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 287GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 257 241 255 243 223 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 967 Write 754 Mixed 332 SusWrite 262 128% 579 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 2.5 65% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 76.7 137% 267 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 182%
WD Red 6TB (2019)-$129 374 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 175 176 175 174 176 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 20% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CRC 2x16GB 503 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.1% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 115%

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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