Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	177% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 05:35
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 224 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 569 60% 479 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 115 Parallax 135 109% 128 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 109% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 610 294 294 254 245 246 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,750 Write 1,418 Mixed 504 SusWrite 324 221% 999 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 44.7 179% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 521 DQ Mixed 624 497% 706 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 236%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 770GB free Firmware: EXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2124 2152 1496 1462 1490 1494 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,387 Write 2,125 Mixed 1,673 SusWrite 1,703 443% 1,972 MB/s	4K Read 56.2 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 77.2 257% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 968 DQ Write 601 DQ Mixed 806 595% 792 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 372%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 228 218 230 219 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 233 Write 228 Mixed 98.9 SusWrite 223 143% 196 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.7 349% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 136%
WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB 14,138 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 228 230 228 230 231 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 245 Write 240 Mixed 107 SusWrite 228 150% 205 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 370% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 136%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0739 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 163 166 167 168 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 144 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 164 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 97%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 3,362 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 22GB free, PID 00ee Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 22.9 Mixed 4.7 11% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$248 5,582 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	11	9	165	32"	1280 720	HYC2700 PX7 Prime

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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 $178	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