Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	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	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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 05:19
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^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-$241 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 756 78% 629 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% 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: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 157 Parallax 132 118% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 477GB free Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 1,853 Write 1,303 Mixed 1,199 321% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 71.8 244% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 855 DQ Mixed 238 335% 613 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 235%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	324% Outstanding	Read 2,431 Write 1,760 Mixed 1,892 450% 2,028 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 74.2 261% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 896 DQ Write 856 DQ Mixed 38.2 259% 597 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 324% Great: 353%
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 162GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4522 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (AB) Unknown 100 100 162515280 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 14 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1949 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2422 (F9) Unknown 100 100 83054633	102% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 473 Mixed 481 109% 490 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 32.8 152% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.6 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 81.5 86% 134 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 154GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15265 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 110 (B1) Unknown 95 95 167 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31332246458	105% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 471 Mixed 496 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 25.8 144% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 86.1 123% 226 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 33GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 172 167 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 895 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 757 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 797 (C2) HDA temperature 116 99 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 131 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	75% Very good	Read 160 Write 101 Mixed 98.1 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.39 113% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%

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 (49^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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