Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '19 at 18:06
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 254 93% 164 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 795 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.13% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 12 Parallax 8.44 7% 9.6 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 7.57 Splatting 16.7 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.13% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 93.5 85% 103 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 97.5 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 128GB-$89 11,245 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231706 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,966 Write 10,557 Mixed 8,806 2,047% 9,109 MB/s	4K Read 525 4K Write 415 4K Mixed 451 1,592% 463 MB/s	DQ Read 2,175 DQ Write 1,838 DQ Mixed 1,973 1,487% 1,995 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 89%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 161 161 160 161 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 157 Mixed 108 SusWrite 160 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 709GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 101 99 100 99 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 16% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M1B3000C15 32GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3000, 3000 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 35.7 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 28.7 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 28.6 86% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%

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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	4,364x
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	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	483x
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 $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