Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '24 at 08:39
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (43^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-$200 712,312 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)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 700 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 216 Parallax 144 103% 162 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 131 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$94 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 413 410 407 394 387 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 470 Mixed 374 SusWrite 401 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 40.1 144% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 288 210% 279 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 137%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 495,311 User benchmarks, average bench 275% 231GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1508 892 894 892 891 885 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,403 Write 2,120 Mixed 1,707 SusWrite 994 404% 1,806 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 70.2 227% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1049 DQ Write 492 DQ Mixed 802 586% 781 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 346%
WD Blue SA510 2.5 2TB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 981GB free Firmware: 530309WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 415 418 430 440 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 437 Mixed 413 SusWrite 422 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 48.5 160% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 119 149% 263 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GB 2,656 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB 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	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 36: 0P 2R 8G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
5%	15%	20	154	59	60	26.9"	1280 720	MSI1462 Optix G27C2

History: Score 5: 0P 0R 1G 2B | Score 36: 0P 2R 8G 2B

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $200Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,508x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	801x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,045x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	974x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	919x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	450x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	314x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $139Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	231x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	499x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	272x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $44Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	233x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $713

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