Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	May 17 '21 at 16:17
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 286 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 714 75% 601 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 134 Parallax 122 99% 126 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 127 Splatting 116 97% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD BPX NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 82GB free Firmware: E7FM03.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 913 887 757 552 286 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,044 Write 921 Mixed 690 SusWrite 713 189% 842 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 44.3 146% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 629 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 595 431% 561 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 178%
Pcie SSD 480GB 185 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 145 61 80 116 235 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 969 Write 273 Mixed 337 SusWrite 146 94% 431 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 41.6 4K Mixed 25.9 99% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 624 DQ Write 55.9 DQ Mixed 63.8 116% 248 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 234%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 109 115 115 64 108 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 394 Write 363 Mixed 333 SusWrite 145 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 15.5 79% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 28 74% 153 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 86%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 42GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 88 88 89 90 79 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 61.4 Write 59.1 Mixed 52 SusWrite 86.6 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.6 146% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 30.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 109%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,376x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	784x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,030x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	943x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	437x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	486x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	225x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $805

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16