Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	100% 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	234% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 06:22
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 602 81% 602 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1694 MHz, MLim: 1827 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 129 Parallax 119 107% 126 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 113 Splatting 103 87% 107 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2392 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 716 (B1) Unknown 99 99 32 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6843219602	113% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 505 Mixed 514 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 28.8 160% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 26.5 103% 226 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,635 Write 1,092 Mixed 1,258 364% 1,661 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 27.1 200% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 61.4 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 28.4 45% 83.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 129GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6177 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2146 (B1) Unknown 98 98 18 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11741486659	90.5% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 349 Mixed 350 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 24.9 145% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 22.8 53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 599GB free Firmware: CC3C 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 108 99 3480 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3280 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8707797021 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10665 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2601 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 79 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3612 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 38654705697 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 8 3480 (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 -86264418133918 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1327104985 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1956094058	47.3% Average	Read 88.5 Write 74.8 Mixed 75.4 60% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 6.23 4K Mixed 0.34 169% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 30.3 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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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 $15	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