Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 04:44
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 as expected (46^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 281 92% 169 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 777 75% 617 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 81.6 Parallax 70.8 68% 78.8 fps	MRender 73.7 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 74 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 344 331 327 316 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 402 Mixed 292 SusWrite 329 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 44.6 160% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 166 174% 287 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 248GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 479 478 485 485 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 443 Mixed 366 SusWrite 478 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.2 205% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 338 260% 355 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 283GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 309 307 307 304 304 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 322 Write 318 Mixed 132 SusWrite 305 196% 269 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 6.3 4K Mixed 3 829% 6.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 19.9 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 88%

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

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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	4,397x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	787x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,032x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	948x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	261x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16