Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	250% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 16:25
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 278 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 768 81% 650 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.67 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.43 Splatting 16.6 10% 12 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,980 Write 1,330 Mixed 1,179 331% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 52.2 233% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 533 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 29.7 136% 311 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 254%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 144 Write 152 Mixed 152 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.95 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.35 204% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 134%
188 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 76GB free, PID 5500, Microcenter 128GB Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	7.82% Terrible	Read 33.7 Write 5.82 Mixed 8.49 15% 16 MB/s	4K Read 6.98 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.18 32% 2.39 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.82% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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