Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 12:18
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 746 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 149 Parallax 141 119% 145 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8237225 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -119743688212242 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 39 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 42 94492033058 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 94492033058 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8237225 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8237225 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8237225 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 655 (EA) Unknown 0 0 600 (F1) Unknown 0 0 600 (F2) Unknown 0 0 573 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2359316	59.4% Above average	Read 437 Write 115 Mixed 161 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14 107% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 61.3 DQ Write 125 DQ Mixed 23.3 38% 69.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 809GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 64 64750692 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 612736 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (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 65 60 589496355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 296 (C2) HDA temperature 35 21 90194313251 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 2 64750692 (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 -71562745085785 (F1) Unknown 100 253 527856139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 302552327	105% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 167 Mixed 164 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.31 104% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.5% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13.2 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 81%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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	892x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	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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Total price: $977

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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