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 (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	252% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 11:01
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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-$242 712,312 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% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 249 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 677 67% 545 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 168 Reflection 162 Parallax 168 137% 166 fps	Gravity 145 Splatting 104 107% 124 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 553 221 286 254 285 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,360 Write 1,402 Mixed 1,229 SusWrite 312 293% 1,326 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 83.9 284% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 959 DQ Write 1,304 DQ Mixed 993 789% 1,085 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 280%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 150GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 133 136 133 135 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 471 Write 429 Mixed 385 SusWrite 172 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 22.9 129% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 33.3 82% 168 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 86%
Barracuda XT 4TB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3TB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 164 163 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 160 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 162 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 128 117 131 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 135 Mixed 81 SusWrite 129 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Game Drive Xbox 8TB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 142 149 145 143 143 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 101 Write 114 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 144 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 302% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.6% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 115%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

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	227x

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: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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