Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.9% 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	126% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '18 at 17:05
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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-$242 712,312 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% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 742 79% 628 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 108 Parallax 90.2 80% 98.7 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 99 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 370 353 233 260 308 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 487 Mixed 394 SusWrite 327 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.1 224% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 244 215% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
PNY CS900 960GB-$48 5,902 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 506GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 406 425 461 470 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 334 Write 105 Mixed 103 SusWrite 393 52% 234 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 30.2 99% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 66 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 161 100% 111 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 265GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 63 68 69 67 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	46% Average	Read 93.2 Write 68.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 67 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 68%
WD 2500BEV External 250GB 752 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 190GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 40 42 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 39.2 Write 42.3 Mixed 28 SusWrite 41.8 52% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 11.2 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.6 SC Mixed 7.2 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 107%

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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 $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