Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '22 at 16:18
Run Duration	355 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 242 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 664 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 116 Parallax 113 87% 112 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 103 Splatting 98 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-256V2G-HP 256GB 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2803 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 272 277 185 181 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 491 Write 281 Mixed 282 SusWrite 225 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 36.3 125% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 120 107% 157 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 93%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 184GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 97 96 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 105 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 96.2 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 308GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 125 125 124 125 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 178 Write 172 Mixed 90 SusWrite 124 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 221% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 103%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 28GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 137 139 137 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 127 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 137 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 103%
Samsung HM320II 320GB 2,350 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 40GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 65 66 66 67 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 65 Write 43 Mixed 42.3 SusWrite 64.9 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 43%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 57GB free Firmware: 16.01H16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 31 31 31 31 32 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 129 Write 38 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 30.8 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 25 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 113%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,376x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	784x
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	437x
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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	486x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	225x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $755

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 $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16