Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	23.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	122% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '17 at 20:06
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 282 99% 177 Pts	4-Core 606 8-Core 608 81% 607 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 2214 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.8% Poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 0.91 11% 5.48 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 7.83 49% 66.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 251GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 4943 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1085 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 333 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 50 214749282332 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13139186429 (F7) Unknown 100 100 412760283 (F8) Unknown 100 100 202890770 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1236 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	66.9% Good	Read 471 Write 334 Mixed 334 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 18.7 79% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 82.1 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 10.1 29% 61 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 95%
Adata SX8000NP 128GB 1,126 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.2.1 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,417 Write 465 Mixed 472 170% 785 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 27.6 112% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 58.5 DQ Write 62.1 DQ Mixed 30.1 31% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 137%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171545536 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 339005 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 74 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 554827807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 77309411359 (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 -18545668784065 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5637451964 (F2) Unknown 100 253 321201234	97.9% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 168 Mixed 157 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 817GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 41823863 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 989 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13496318 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2998 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (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 70 53 521207838 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1020 (C2) HDA temperature 30 11 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 41823863 (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 27397596383822 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6916336037 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8216253723	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 191 Mixed 148 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.32 107% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3045 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 30.9 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 32 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	889x

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	227x

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: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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