Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 09:31
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 146 2-Core 287 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 815 80% 656 Pts	64-Core 814 50% 814 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 148 Parallax 123 112% 136 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 130 Splatting 102 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 1,345 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 36GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 438 Write 431 Mixed 435 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 29.8 96% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 77 78% 126 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 101%
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 (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 75 46539419 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1007452 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 132744554217477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (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 65 588840990 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 103079215134 (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 -133998684667900 (F1) Unknown 100 253 862399829 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45075112	100% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 171 Mixed 139 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.28 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$29 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA7L0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 114 114 17192976585 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18599 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2293 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2321 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 236224184350 (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	60.2% Good	Read 93.7 Write 116 Mixed 121 84% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 25.5 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 26.4 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 104%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,348x
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	435x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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