Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% 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	262% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 07:14
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 134 2-Core 252 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 719 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 95.2 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 77.5 78% 89.5 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 90.3 77% 94.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 512GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1612 1012 984 968 1000 944 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,969 Write 2,176 Mixed 1,735 SusWrite 1,086 392% 1,742 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 68.2 239% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,135 DQ Write 801 DQ Mixed 961 719% 965 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 347%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 405GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 472 423 397 397 397 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 464 Mixed 366 SusWrite 426 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 54.7 182% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 245 216% 323 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 126%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 238GB free Firmware: 040H SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 263 249 253 273 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 482 Write 268 Mixed 254 SusWrite 259 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 15.4 105% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 23.2 67% 142 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 74%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 701GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 118 118 118 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 117 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 664GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 111 112 114 113 112 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 71 SusWrite 112 73% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 86%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 131 135 135 134 135 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 116 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 132 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 3x8GB 712 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.6% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 102%

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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	4,383x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	785x
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	438x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	225x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16