Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '17 at 01:09
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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-$230 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 92 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 767 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.8% Good	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55.1 Parallax 54.6 39% 52.5 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 179 Splatting 118 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,482 Write 1,046 Mixed 1,106 269% 1,211 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 52 217% 78.1 MB/s	DQ Read 484 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 174 193% 330 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 112GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 218 100 218 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 884 (A6) Unknown 100 100 25 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 77 (A9) Unknown 100 100 40 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 61 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 240518168615 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5370 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2716 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4294	71.4% Very good	Read 500 Write 199 Mixed 285 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 3.85 111% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 26 68% 142 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 828GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 48 (C2) HDA temperature 102 96 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	90.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 149 Mixed 151 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.35 133% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 109%
SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 64GB-$23 2,139 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 58GB free, PID 558b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 188 Write 102 Mixed 111 155% 133 MB/s	4K Read 6.64 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.11 144% 3.38 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,361x
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	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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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