Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.7% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 04:20
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 598 80% 598 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% 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: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.4 87% 106 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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 (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 0 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4946 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1109 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 48 (AE) Unknown 100 100 347 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 50 214749282336 (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 13403062979 (F7) Unknown 100 100 421206564 (F8) Unknown 100 100 203947463 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1236 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	67.3% Good	Read 471 Write 330 Mixed 336 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 18.8 78% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 84.1 DQ Mixed 36.7 45% 80.4 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 95%
Adata SX8000NP 128GB 1,126 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.2.1 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 595 Write 495 Mixed 566 123% 552 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 29.4 160% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 56.8 DQ Write 55.1 DQ Mixed 27.1 28% 46.4 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% 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 119 99 209182128 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 849135 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (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 66 54 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 229 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 77309411362 (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 138121853272243 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5924549348 (F2) Unknown 100 253 573488449	97.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 167 Mixed 159 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.1% 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 above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 209828791 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1016 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13623091 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 663 (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 67 53 555745313 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1052 (C2) HDA temperature 33 11 47244640289 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 209828791 (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 -103139344643388 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7021629357 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8278965331	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 182 Mixed 155 130% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 @ 3003 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 29.7 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,362x
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	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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