Asus Z270-DRAGON

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	131% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z270-DRAGON (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '22 at 08:35
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 219 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 740 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12FE) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 116 Parallax 146 106% 131 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS500G 500GB 34,043 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8I40100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 242 238 238 223 266 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 1310 Write 852 Mixed 43 SusWrite 251 134% 614 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 64.1 4K Mixed 37.7 142% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 36.5 129% 302 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 244%
Xraydisk 512GB 512GB 878 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 264GB free Firmware: S1111H0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 688 660 269 234 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,536 Write 1,358 Mixed 956 SusWrite 490 242% 1,085 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 27.4 154% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 347 328% 503 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 186%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 176 179 172 176 173 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 176 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$48 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 671GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 196 196 198 198 199 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 131 Write 136 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 192 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 4,421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 68%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: Asus Z270-DRAGON

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	11x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	7x
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	4x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	3x

SSD
Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBIntel $65Bench 104%, 11,104 samples	2x
MEMPEK1W016GA 14GBIntelBench 207%, 866 samples	2x
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $99Bench 200%, 52,084 samples	2x

RAM
CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Adata CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 Adata 24GBCorsairBench 77%, 15 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	2x
CMW16GX4M2Z4000C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 96%, 1,531 samples	2x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $427

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