Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	161% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '21 at 04:38
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 754 80% 640 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87B8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Lighting 244 Reflection 212 Parallax 206 198% 221 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 159 Splatting 138 133% 166 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 256GB 675 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 439 436 425 425 430 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 356 Mixed 296 SusWrite 418 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 38.8 143% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 128 156% 274 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 127%
KINGSTON 90GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 6GB free Firmware: 501A SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 69 63 69 65 66 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.5% Average	Read 153 Write 90.9 Mixed 112 SusWrite 67.3 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 23.2 107% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 102 79% 110 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 47%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 8GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,670 Write 1454 Mixed 634 277% 1,252 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 252 4K Mixed 51.8 256% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 1,182 DQ Mixed 863 708% 999 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 201GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 92 94 93 92 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 94.8 Write 94.5 Mixed 71 SusWrite 92.7 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 33GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 105 105 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 108 Write 97 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 106 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2800 C15 2x8GB 860 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.2% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 98%

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

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,366x
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 $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	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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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