Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	182% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '21 at 03:33
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 (63^rd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 142 2-Core 250 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 744 70% 580 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 181 Parallax 172 129% 171 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 174 Splatting 121 114% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 1TB 19,971 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 590GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM53.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 976 1245 1244 1252 1258 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,070 Write 1,265 Mixed 1,030 SusWrite 1,069 250% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 56.8 183% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 678 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 191 189% 320 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 438%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 118GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 415 390 410 398 403 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 387 Mixed 396 SusWrite 407 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 39.8 145% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 152 132% 204 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB-$85 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 118GB free Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 186 57 70 69 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 428 Write 310 Mixed 185 SusWrite 107 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 31.5 101% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 166 133% 196 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 171 174 170 165 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 183 Mixed 86 SusWrite 172 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 149 148 147 155 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 138 Write 131 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 149 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.7 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 26.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 105%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 54: 8R 3G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
54%	48%	33	107	6	165	27"	2560 1440	ACR0490 XB271HU

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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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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 $179	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