Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	133% 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	203% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 01:04
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (56^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-$250 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 314 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 868 91% 730 Pts	64-Core 876 54% 876 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 210 Parallax 182 152% 193 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 1,946 Write 1,196 Mixed 1,192 319% 1,444 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 25.2 162% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.3 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 241 145% 150 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 236%
Kingston SVP200S37A90G 90GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 5GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 94996086673824 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 853 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 135 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 76 42954653722 (C2) HDA temperature 26 76 42954653722 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10476 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6543 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6543 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4134	38.9% Below average	Read 183 Write 73.4 Mixed 95.5 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 8.48 88% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.1 DQ Write 83.8 DQ Mixed 6.17 18% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 178GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 11552 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1839 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 3848 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 437396565 (09) Power-on hours count 74 72 22869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1614 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590131460 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 258 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1890 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 9 11552 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 10741713228071 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2016785769 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25921890	55.5% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 95.8 Mixed 87.1 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.37 73% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 75%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 44GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 148 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25791037761 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8890 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2379 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9596 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9596 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 236223856669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	37.3% Below average	Read 66 Write 63.9 Mixed 66.5 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3466C16 4x8GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 142%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,349x
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	888x

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	226x

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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Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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