Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	324% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 09:17
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 263 95% 168 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 727 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.04% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 8.47 7% 9.65 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 7.53 Splatting 16.7 10% 12.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.04% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 769GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1794 1877 1854 1816 1782 1791 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	324% Outstanding	Read 2,132 Write 1,934 Mixed 980 SusWrite 1819 385% 1,716 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 72.2 251% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,170 DQ Write 1,070 DQ Mixed 1,084 823% 1,108 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 324% Great: 363%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 188GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1196 967 825 831 830 828 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,163 Write 1,228 Mixed 862 SusWrite 913 234% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 57.2 201% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 875 DQ Write 776 DQ Mixed 518 473% 723 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 210%
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB-$188 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 235GB free Firmware: 0006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 169 215 215 216 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 330 Write 216 Mixed 242 SusWrite 204 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 14.7 121% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 89.9 95% 158 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 67%
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB-$104 633 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 60GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 39.3 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 37.2 52% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.1 92% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 83%
TrekStor TrekStor 64GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 58GB free, PID 008e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 85 85 86 85 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.7% Below average	Read 132 Write 83.5 Mixed 65 SusWrite 85.4 116% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 39%
WD 15EADS External 1.5TB 1,396 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 1.5TB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 43 43 43 43 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 39.7 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 42.3 52% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 60% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3868 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 47.6 MC Mixed 37 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 46.4 SC Mixed 34 100% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,419x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	792x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,036x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	951x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	899x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	310x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	230x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	228x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $762

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16