Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	100% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 21:57
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$241 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 275 96% 171 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 751 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2677 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 141 Parallax 126 112% 135 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 329GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 725 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 154 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5966959740	119% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.4 191% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 115 140% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11518 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1446 (B1) Unknown 88 88 416 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 1 1 4294966988 (F1) Unknown 99 99 85345790909	100% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 369 Mixed 442 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 27.5 144% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 82.3 130% 249 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 116%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 792GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8880 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 6872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3757 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 1 487456797 (C2) HDA temperature 70 51 504234014 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 314409 (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 89 438 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 63 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	61.4% Good	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 108 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.47 124% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 130GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150699152 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4321116571 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2053 (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 71 53 487784477 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 224161 (C2) HDA temperature 29 47 38654705693 (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 -21706764706734 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17672782529 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19055923498	114% Outstanding	Read 224 Write 173 Mixed 142 134% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.6 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 26.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 107%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,358x
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	892x

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	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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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