Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '20 at 00:49
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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 below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 54.5 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 131 50% 87.3 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 464 42% 352 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 87 Reflection 95.9 Parallax 80 71% 87.6 fps	MRender 82.2 Gravity 66 Splatting 87.6 65% 78.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 147 142 145 139 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 320 Write 242 Mixed 222 SusWrite 144 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 20 67% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 122 126% 204 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 336GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 158 154 157 159 158 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 143 Write 141 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 157 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 109%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 153 151 152 152 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 156 Write 152 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 152 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C17 4x8GB 5,888 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	53.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 7.6 26% 9 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 136%

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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	4,361x
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	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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: 70% - Very good

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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