Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	84.8% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 09:40
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 571 74% 559 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 173 Parallax 152 129% 161 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 131 Splatting 103 92% 113 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 800GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 342 373 455 468 467 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 494 Write 469 Mixed 445 SusWrite 410 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 37.1 111% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 108 82% 109 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 91 88 85 87 88 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 278 Write 119 Mixed 167 SusWrite 86.8 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 47 4K Mixed 28.1 93% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 86.4 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 73.8 62% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 166GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 108 107 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Read 86 Write 138 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 107 70% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.6 226% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 439GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 91 93 93 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 134 Write 99 Mixed 72 SusWrite 92.1 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 23.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 25.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 94%

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

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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	4,385x
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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16