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 as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	108% 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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '20 at 10:06
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 249 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 682 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 177 164 156 153 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 477 Mixed 372 SusWrite 192 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.8 193% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 232GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 308 309 311 311 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,519 Mixed 701 SusWrite 483 254% 1,148 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 53.9 212% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 1276 DQ Mixed 726 680% 1,046 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 236%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 1TB 658 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 831GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 392 395 394 391 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 409 Write 403 Mixed 370 SusWrite 393 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 36.4 120% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 155 116% 155 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 401GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 147 146 144 148 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 138 Write 134 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 145 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 103%

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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 $45Bench 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 $177	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) $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