Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	283% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 02:26
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 781 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Lighting 65.8 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 84.3 54% 72.6 fps	MRender 66.1 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 54 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 261GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,723 Write 1,354 Mixed 1,422 402% 1,833 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 39.1 232% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 598 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 213 245% 424 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 163GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^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 1701 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 535 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 50 214749413400 (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 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8054804061 (F7) Unknown 100 100 252474208 (F8) Unknown 100 100 118719803 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3532 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 485 Write 330 Mixed 336 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 25.8 118% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 37.2 93% 199 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 76 210703284 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 502957 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -124889059033044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (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 76 69 521535512 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 167 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 85899345944 (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 78954383802388 (F1) Unknown 100 253 180407078 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30296206	100% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 167 Mixed 148 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2TB free Firmware: CV27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84887952 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 871 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16181013 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2243 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 487915544 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 871 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 68719476760 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 33	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 184 Mixed 170 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.23 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5120 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2835 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2317 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 331090 (C2) HDA temperature 125 98 25 (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	75.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 126 Mixed 127 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 602GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 162267048 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 678 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2965799 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (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 78 55 454361110 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13929 (C2) HDA temperature 22 45 68719476758 (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 136197707924840 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8648076820 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11470138513	64.4% Good	Read 119 Write 106 Mixed 107 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 9GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 177 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6714 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2848 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1572 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 148 148 158145 (C2) HDA temperature 126 96 24 (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	56.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 90 Mixed 93.2 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 28.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 36.9 SC Mixed 31.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 110%

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

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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 $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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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