Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 95.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	88.2% 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	71.4% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 14:04
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700K-$290 148,112 User benchmarks, average bench 99% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	SC Int 123 SC Float 130 SC Mixed 129 102% 127 Pts	QC Int 375 QC Float 484 QC Mixed 475 101% 445 Pts	MC Int 684 MC Float 776 MC Mixed 732 109% 731 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 113%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$447 282,479 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 280 Reflection 270 Parallax 311 90% 287 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 239 Splatting 193 87% 203 fps
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$80 270,334 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 48GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9290 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 227 (B1) Unknown 96 96 71 (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 60 45 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27562467050	71.4% Very good	Read 508 Write 401 Mixed 403 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 12.5 83% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 92.7 DQ Mixed 12.9 23% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 115%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$72 55,813 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 191GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1721 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17905 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1651 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 31 (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	94% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 154 Mixed 147 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$72 55,813 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 180GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1294 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1256 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (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	79.3% Very good	Read 147 Write 130 Mixed 122 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.28 117% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$200 11,514 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 106%

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Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 10,951 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 108%

UFO

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $215

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $290Bench 99%, 148,112 samples	8,253x
Core i5-7600KIntel $216Bench 95%, 55,411 samples	1,387x
Core i7-6700KIntel $359Bench 91%, 198,716 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $550Bench 126%, 192,874 samples	2,490x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 100%, 282,479 samples	2,252x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $799Bench 154%, 113,146 samples	2,210x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $137Bench 96%, 197,216 samples	1,295x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $120Bench 217%, 90,539 samples	1,227x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $80Bench 94%, 270,334 samples	1,218x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $190Bench 84%, 64,150 samples	1,182x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $204Bench 90%, 39,089 samples	824x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $200Bench 87%, 11,514 samples	631x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,382

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $330	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $80
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $175	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $325	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $137
Intel Core i7-7700K $290	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $163

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $190	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $70
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $975	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $204	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12