Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '19 at 00:10
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 258 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 456 61% 456 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 73.7 Parallax 65.6 61% 71.5 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 58.3 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
KINGSTON 90GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 501A SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 58 58 57 53 57 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	41.6% Average	Read 139 Write 73.5 Mixed 106 SusWrite 57.9 21% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 21.6 94% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 99 DQ Write 84.1 DQ Mixed 88.8 67% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 47%
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 16GB free Firmware: DXM0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 347 Write 334 Mixed 266 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.3 147% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 147 155% 257 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 127%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 41GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,386 Write 1,214 Mixed 612 237% 1,071 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 48.9 186% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,097 DQ Write 1,413 DQ Mixed 862 760% 1,124 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 551GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 29 25 30 34 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 137 Write 107 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 32.8 65% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 97GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 80 74 89 80 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 95 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 81.7 63% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 22.2 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 98%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	435x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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