Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (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. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.8% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (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 i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 716 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 744 46% 744 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 139 Parallax 132 99% 130 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 123 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 161 60 15 12 33 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 488 Write 419 Mixed 126 SusWrite 92.6 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 34.5 130% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 38.8 40% 63.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 88%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 372 338 409 306 262 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 481 Mixed 407 SusWrite 353 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.4 200% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 210 175% 246 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 475GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 143 144 149 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 144 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 13.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 86%

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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	4,367x
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	941x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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	484x
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: $962

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 $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