Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	233% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '18 at 07:00
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 150 2-Core 269 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 840 82% 671 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 189 Parallax 163 131% 171 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 164 Splatting 121 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1151 423 297 299 301 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2184 Write 1,255 Mixed 489 SusWrite 462 241% 1,098 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 55.4 226% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,042 DQ Write 1,156 DQ Mixed 854 710% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 187GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 321 222 208 200 196 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 489 Mixed 464 SusWrite 259 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.1 199% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 210GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 482 485 484 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 482 Mixed 346 SusWrite 485 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 44.4 160% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 167 175% 289 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 116%
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 114GB free Firmware: 0204 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 237 239 238 260 258 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 385 Write 247 Mixed 242 SusWrite 244 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 13.3 63% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 23 43% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 223%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 123 126 126 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Read 121 Write 129 Mixed 66 SusWrite 126 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 663GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 110 111 111 112 112 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	65.1% Good	Read 116 Write 105 Mixed 65 SusWrite 110 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 84%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 552GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 104 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 96.3 68% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 88%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 156 160 159 160 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 122 Write 118 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 158 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 100%
829 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 25GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Read 27.7 Write 3.5 Mixed 11.7 SusWrite 12.7 16% 13.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 36.7 MC Mixed 28.7 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 28.1 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 114%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,362x
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	482x
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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Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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