Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	162% 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	147% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '22 at 00:44
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 264 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 716 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1340 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.48% Terrible	Lighting 7.4 Reflection 9.7 Parallax 8.7 6% 8.6 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 7 Splatting 0.2 4% 6.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.48% Great: 7%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 235 Parallax 264 172% 237 fps	MRender 283 Gravity 236 Splatting 183 186% 234 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 73 58 72 35 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,286 Write 887 Mixed 793 SusWrite 112 170% 769 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60.4 209% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 221 256% 426 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 209%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 292 294 292 291 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 466 Mixed 402 SusWrite 310 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 54.4 178% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 240GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 362 143 173 175 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 472 Mixed 386 SusWrite 248 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 39.7 140% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 201 191% 299 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GTZR F4-2400C15-8GTZRX F4-2400C15-8GTZR F4-2400C15-8GTZRX 32GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 24.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 25.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 94%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,409x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	789x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,034x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	950x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	897x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	310x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	262x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	227x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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