Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 12 '17 at 11:55
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 784 80% 645 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 94.8 86% 103 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 97.6 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 274GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6226 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 981 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 5 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7525462757	120% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 409 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.7 197% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 118 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung PM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 2,429 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 91GB free Firmware: EMT02D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1640 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 55 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 379 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5986316420 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2674018201	90.1% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 149 Mixed 228 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 32.6 165% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 77.1 105% 199 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%
Intel SSD Pro 1500 Series 180GB 195 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSTi Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -85684597554057 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1672 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 71 1005027000370 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 193845 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 193845 (F2) Unknown 100 100 236897 (F9) Unknown 100 100 32608	66.6% Good	Read 424 Write 177 Mixed 141 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.3 111% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 35.8 56% 108 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 79%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 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 166 163 6666 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6923 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 174 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 389389 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 38 (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	65.4% Good	Read 113 Write 115 Mixed 111 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 174273646 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16012998 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 58 41 443121467434 (C2) HDA temperature 42 59 68719476778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 32 32 174273646 (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 124472447210198 (F1) Unknown 100 253 246029685 (F2) Unknown 100 253 158395021	63.5% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 106 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.51 114% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 945GB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 19300904 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62686888 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (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 63 53 689504293 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27191 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 85899345957 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 100 19300904 (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 -60528974096760 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14966830668 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70366931265
Poor: 34% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-027.A00G 2x8GB 728 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 20.1 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 75%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	4,398x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	787x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,033x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	948x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	261x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	227x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16