Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	7.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 20:21
Run Duration	419 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$242 712,312 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)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 726 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2183) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 209 Parallax 174 135% 183 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 150 Splatting 129 124% 155 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,991 Write 643 Mixed 440 221% 1,025 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 48 212% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1059 DQ Write 828 DQ Mixed 881 676% 922 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 210GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 426 392 249 303 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 484 Mixed 397 SusWrite 338 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.4 214% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 247 217% 323 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 126%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 45GB free Firmware: 1.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 92 90 91 89 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 154 Write 117 Mixed 135 SusWrite 91.2 28% 124 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 32.5 129% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 112 89% 126 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 55%
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 814GB free Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1315 1324 1333 1331 1330 1332 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 1,504 Write 1329 Mixed 1,361 SusWrite 1,328 311% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 75.5 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 101 327% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,506 DQ Write 1,150 DQ Mixed 1,285 973% 1,314 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 488%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 101GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 97 97 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 154 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 97.1 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.2 391% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

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	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
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: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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