Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	245% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 02:16
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 763 82% 653 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2063 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Lighting 84.5 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 79 69% 82.4 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 77.3 63% 76.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1150 1066 610 600 610 606 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,414 Write 1,288 Mixed 1,052 SusWrite 774 254% 1132 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 88.8 298% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,320 DQ Write 860 DQ Mixed 1,024 781% 1,068 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 340%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 550GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 164 165 155 163 163 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 117 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 162 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 530GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 73 85 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 99.8 Write 89.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 81.1 106% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 83% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.6 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 29.5 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 104%

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

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,347x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	782x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,026x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	434x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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