Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	175% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '22 at 17:27
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$242 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 757 74% 604 Pts	64-Core 761 47% 761 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 47.3 Parallax 41.7 36% 44.3 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 41 Splatting 36.7 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 182 164 161 159 159 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,175 Write 816 Mixed 498 SusWrite 226 150% 679 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 59.2 238% 93.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,053 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 1,012 742% 973 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 254%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 25GB free Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 111 100 91 86 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 369 Write 223 Mixed 118 SusWrite 97.4 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 16.2 86% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 90.7 101% 177 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 128GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 76 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 102 Mixed 87 SusWrite 75.3 69% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 76%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 142 141 142 140 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 161 Write 143 Mixed 104 SusWrite 141 183% 137 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 0.8 380% 9.33 MB/s	DQ Read 0.4 DQ Write 8.6 DQ Mixed 0.6 314% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 103%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 4GB 7,184 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.5 4.8 4.2 4.2 3.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	9.6% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 3.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.3 8% 7.43 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.7 166% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.6% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 30.9 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 30.7 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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