Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	105% 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	264% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161011
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '17 at 02:23
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 161 2-Core 319 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 866 91% 731 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% 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: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 111% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,612 Write 1,514 Mixed 1,812 438% 1,979 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 39.7 207% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 49.3 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 39.8 57% 100 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 306%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 10GB free Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -117793773023032 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 249 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 160 (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 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30680 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23677 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23677 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11901	42% Average	Read 193 Write 75.3 Mixed 104 27% 124 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 10.8 87% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 31.1 45% 84 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 769GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 98 94928920 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4344409777 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (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 67 48 589365281 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 271964 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 68719476769 (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 43001212579504 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20866412493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17314776320	80.8% Excellent	Read 145 Write 137 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.24 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS5C1010CLA382 1TB 2,729 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 217GB free Firmware: JC4OA3HB Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 107 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493448956 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 42 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 31381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 854 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1455 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1455 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 219043921951 (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	39.6% Below average	Read 72.7 Write 65.3 Mixed 58.3 49% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.23 55% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97806296 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6689821 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 242 (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 69 51 538837023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58810 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 68719476767 (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 -74092480790099 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24800515662216 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34376694867224	63.9% Good	Read 126 Write 96.9 Mixed 117 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.9% 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 @ 2219 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 23.9 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77.3% 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	4,359x
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 $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