Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	141% 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.

Very high background CPU (87%). 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	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '18 at 15:57
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	87%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 as expected (54^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 222 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 677 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 759 47% 759 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 120 Reflection 105 Parallax 97.8 98% 108 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 109 Splatting 64 70% 88.9 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 303 291 283 277 277 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 743 Write 718 Mixed 394 SusWrite 345 123% 550 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.5 128% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,253 DQ Write 1,045 DQ Mixed 822 705% 1,040 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 76GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 271 173 138 123 119 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	74.6% Very good	Read 251 Write 248 Mixed 216 SusWrite 202 52% 229 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 36.1 115% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 26.1 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 19.2 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $40Bench 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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16