Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 15:26
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.2 1-Core 146 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 809 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 159 Parallax 138 114% 146 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 144 Splatting 120 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 477GB free Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	350% Outstanding	Read 2,813 Write 1,668 Mixed 2,006 478% 2,162 MB/s	4K Read 58.6 4K Write 249 4K Mixed 79.1 322% 129 MB/s	DQ Read 551 DQ Write 1,159 DQ Mixed 338 404% 683 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 350% Great: 306%
Corsair Force 120GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 112 49188132 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -98303211433818 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 155 (B1) Unknown 0 0 10 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 49188132 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 49188132 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 49188132 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30638 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23637 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23637 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11816	43.6% Average	Read 182 Write 108 Mixed 118 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 8.63 91% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 74.8 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 31 40% 70.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 771GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 98 154189424 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4344162372 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 521863197 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 271922 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 68719476765 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -5703716557165 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20850410659 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17158243735	59% Above average	Read 106 Write 99.6 Mixed 99.2 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.3 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,729 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 217GB free Firmware: JC4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 108 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25789727007 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 40 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1445 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1445 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 219043921948 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	40.7% Average	Read 75.1 Write 66.8 Mixed 81.1 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69511872 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6651226 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 505085980 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58766 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 68719476764 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 68616397554064 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24755971516629 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34376689709069	75.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 93.6 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.37 108% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 6,687 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 24.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 25.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 106%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,358x
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	1,028x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	435x
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	482x
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: 69% - Good

Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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