Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	56 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 02:15
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 814 84% 675 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% 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: 451.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1446 1139 595 601 606 607 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,002 Write 1,639 Mixed 741 SusWrite 832 290% 1,304 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 65.4 235% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,140 DQ Write 1,050 DQ Mixed 856 707% 1,015 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 254%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 1TB 4,980 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 619GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 403 401 404 405 405 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 379 Write 400 Mixed 296 SusWrite 400 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 26.1 90% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 136 109% 154 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 87%
WD Black2 2.5" 1.120 TB (2013) 1,513 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 580GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 64 64 68 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 63.4 Mixed 39.9 SusWrite 65.5 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 63%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 4,922 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 116 115 113 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 110 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 115 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 190% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 320GB 580 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 272GB free, PID 5021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 39 40 40 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 35.9 Mixed 27.9 SusWrite 39.5 48% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 1.5TB 219 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1TB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 84 82 83 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 93.5 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 82.3 103% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.1% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 24.3 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 25.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 131%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,367x
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	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	941x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	484x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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