Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 17:37
Run Duration	436 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$242 712,312 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 (86^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 139 2-Core 263 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 717 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 147 Parallax 119 112% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -103388451850490 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 478 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 219063 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 219063 (F2) Unknown 100 100 134794 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6759	69.9% Good	Read 483 Write 159 Mixed 232 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 14.4 114% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 49.7 75% 143 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 83%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 14GB free Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4550836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 35381940608693 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 755 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 136 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 59 64428376093 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4550836 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4550836 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4550836 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3107 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3392 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3392 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7772	63.7% Good	Read 482 Write 212 Mixed 278 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 11.6 79% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 11.1 58% 135 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 93%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62206712 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1797 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5043159 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (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 70 55 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1813 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 143 Mixed 137 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 571GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 122785400 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7464330 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 9094561822 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70815 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 -140737488355298 (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 38796439593485 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17188418249 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36817753326	80.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 123 Mixed 126 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.12 49% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 101GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86610032 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1379 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 740696 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 332 (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 54 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14375 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 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 44654774979709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8048454384 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20078623559	65% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 119 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 96%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 101GB free Firmware: SC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138901376 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1638 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 620777 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (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 56 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1642 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 159 Write 136 Mixed 148 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 100%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	5.6% Terrible	Read 25.4 Write 3.88 Mixed 8.85 12% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.44 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 17% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.6% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 23.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 24 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 110%

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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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

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	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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