Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	120% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	56.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '19 at 15:42
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 146 2-Core 274 91% 167 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 767 77% 627 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8671) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 121 Parallax 136 101% 127 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 152 258 108 125 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 843 Write 568 Mixed 582 SusWrite 200 122% 548 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 49.5 183% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 533 DQ Mixed 81 153% 297 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 157%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 185 185 189 189 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 179 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 186 107% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 159% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 46GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 45 44 45 45 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	27.8% Poor	Read 52 Write 53.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 44.4 36% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 453GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 95 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 95.6 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 593GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 104 104 105 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 94 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 103 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBR BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBR BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBD 64GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2197, 2197, 2197, 2197 MHz 16384, 16384, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	73.7% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 24.4 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 80%

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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	4,370x
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	942x
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	485x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Total price: $966

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 $40	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