Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	220% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 16:59
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 139 2-Core 278 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 774 83% 660 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 2471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 204 Parallax 182 150% 190 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 179 Splatting 128 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 393GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,549 Write 1,080 Mixed 1,075 274% 1,235 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 53.9 227% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 595 DQ Write 444 DQ Mixed 229 250% 423 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
PNY XLR8 120GB-$150 48 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 43GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2699715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 35098472744235 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1505 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 296 (B1) Unknown 0 0 39 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 55837523991 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2699715 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2699715 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2699715 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 84 84 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 47715 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11376 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11376 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7193	53.2% Above average	Read 256 Write 107 Mixed 147 37% 170 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 15.4 110% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 80.7 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 30.6 44% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 39%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 145 11133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (10) Unknown 2 198 39794134963 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 868 (C2) HDA temperature 126 108 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	90.3% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 141 Mixed 144 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.24 117% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 98%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 227 226 7616 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6082 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2429 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1088748 (C2) HDA temperature 127 97 23 (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 200 198 25 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.2% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 99.8 Mixed 96 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.22 86% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 63%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 102GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3471 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1086 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 993266 (C2) HDA temperature 127 106 23 (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	69.2% Good	Read 124 Write 117 Mixed 78.8 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 3,988 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.2 99% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 40.4 SC Mixed 29.7 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 53.7 75% 53.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 105%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical STRIX Z270E GAMING Builds (Compare 6,539 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,347x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	782x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,026x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	434x
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	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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