Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.7% 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	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '17 at 07:39
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 286 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 798 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% 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: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 98.6 92% 110 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 208GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,037 Write 895 Mixed 1,123 297% 1,352 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 53 238% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 593 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 191 213% 368 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 243%
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1394 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1857 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 153 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 171630 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 171630 (F2) Unknown 100 100 400512	47.4% Average	Read 256 Write 166 Mixed 194 46% 205 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 16.6 74% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 64.3 DQ Mixed 32.6 44% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 51%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 529GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 171 1183 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1846 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1373 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28324 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	63.7% Good	Read 111 Write 111 Mixed 106 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 71%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 462GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6016 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10226 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14483 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3684 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 4915221 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 32 (C2) HDA temperature 142 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 794564 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 98 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 30	44.6% Average	Read 78 Write 77.2 Mixed 69.4 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.33 86% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 450GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5952 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7062 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10225 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2745 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 1966084 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 46 36 (C2) HDA temperature 130 76 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 655033 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 98 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 27	41.1% Average	Read 67.3 Write 75.9 Mixed 72.6 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.38 87% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 44%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 298GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 183 1716 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9243 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4033 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 895 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82346 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	32.4% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 57.1 Mixed 54.7 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAR 4x4GB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.4% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 102%

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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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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