Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '17 at 12:24
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

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-$230 712,312 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 (98^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 151 2-Core 318 100% 186 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 880 87% 709 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 68% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3473 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1354 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 71 50 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 14 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4379639751	102% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 408 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29 160% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 29.1 74% 163 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 119GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 27548 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2931 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 207 (AE) Unknown 100 100 138 (B5) Unknown 100 100 20555797171636 (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 88 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	65.5% Good	Read 492 Write 196 Mixed 279 71% 322 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 6.35 106% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 4.34 32% 73 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16318184 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3679 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 681538 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1592 (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 77 57 471138327 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21855 (C2) HDA temperature 23 43 64424509463 (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 44521630990975 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1389606980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9158397752	99.2% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 157 Mixed 159 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214589624 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7336 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69796153 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 25017 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2901 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65540 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 4782817309 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 238434 (C2) HDA temperature 29 45 -140737488355299 (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 71768903525431 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -61841797857660 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49674351739804	86.7% Excellent	Read 130 Write 173 Mixed 88.2 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.44 99% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 114%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 402GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 156 5075 (04) Start/Stop count 80 80 20577 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 53894 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6562 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 462 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20533 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 26 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.4% Good	Read 124 Write 96.9 Mixed 99.1 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.43 115% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 4GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 12.6 Mixed 13.3 21% 19.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.86 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.23 44% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.4% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 11.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.4 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 95%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,361x
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	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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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Total price: $966

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