Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	127% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '17 at 21:52
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 295 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 803 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 149 Parallax 143 122% 147 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 109 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7329 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 306 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (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 71 51 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22098294422	119% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 413 Mixed 424 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 52.5 190% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 118 146% 261 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 1,285 Write 252 Mixed 539 150% 692 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 21 132% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 44 152% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 153%
FCCT480M500SSD1 480GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 198GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 659 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184683593755 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13137545402 (F7) Unknown 100 100 410872671 (F8) Unknown 100 100 416969989	102% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 421 Mixed 448 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 30.6 140% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 58.7 116% 234 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 99%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 172GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15698 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80444240 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 197 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9266 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21922 (F9) Unknown 100 100 553727577	98.3% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 408 Mixed 437 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 26.8 138% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 77 124% 237 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 330GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 118 118 51579650658 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 606 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7318 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 305 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7892 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7892 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 188979544091 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.6% Average	Read 75.3 Write 73.3 Mixed 62.1 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 69%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 120GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 142 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790710076 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7368 (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 95 95 35495 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1187 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 8280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 8280 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 227633725467 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.1% Average	Read 78 Write 68.4 Mixed 80.3 57% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.23 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 107%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,358x
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 $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	228x

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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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