Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.8% 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	354% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 15:18
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 151 2-Core 287 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 817 72% 611 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 87.7 59% 76.6 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 57.6 53% 65.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 318GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1255 1490 1496 1523 1522 1566 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	354% Outstanding	Read 2,580 Write 1,473 Mixed 1,298 SusWrite 1,475 380% 1,706 MB/s	4K Read 70.9 4K Write 199 4K Mixed 101 342% 124 MB/s	DQ Read 1,339 DQ Write 1,096 DQ Mixed 1,017 816% 1,151 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 354% Great: 333%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 134GB free Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 132 290 293 294 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 292 Mixed 298 SusWrite 265 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43 161% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 185 165% 247 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 154 159 157 156 153 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 157 Write 182 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 155 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965669-009.A00G 2x8GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 91%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,385x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	785x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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	438x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16