Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	44.3% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 01 '21 at 14:11
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 516 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 42 81 5.9 38 15 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 428 Write 246 Mixed 180 SusWrite 45.6 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 17.6 67% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 61.1 DQ Mixed 43.3 44% 72.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 55%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 308 308 307 307 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 464 Mixed 407 SusWrite 324 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 57.1 200% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 101 99 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 99.8 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 57%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 97 95 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 95.7 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 96.4 69% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 30.3 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 27.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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	1,028x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x

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	228x

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 $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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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