Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 00:33
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 246 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 756 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 202 Parallax 181 146% 188 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 180 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
MyDigitalSSD SBX NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$95 196 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.4 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 634 Write 764 Mixed 505 142% 634 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 31 134% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 425 DQ Mixed 460 380% 556 MB/s
Poor: 70% Great: 170%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 778GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 110 110 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 101 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 109 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 85%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 6TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 173 188 179 170 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 171 Write 189 Mixed 122 SusWrite 178 225% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.1% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 19.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 109%

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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 $230Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 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