Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 10:02
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 487 61% 466 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.5% Poor	Lighting 26.7 Reflection 0.04 Parallax 25.1 22% 17.3 fps	MRender 23.1 Gravity 21.3 Splatting 21.7 18% 22.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 500GB 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 61GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3195 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 109 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 55 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2623207706	128% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 498 Mixed 506 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 58.1 214% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 99.4 109% 189 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 135%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 118 206361756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -1279900219178 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1329 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 338 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 206361756 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 206361756 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 206361756 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 29638 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24301 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24301 (F2) Unknown 0 0 22099	46.9% Average	Read 170 Write 104 Mixed 107 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 7.08 104% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 98.1 DQ Mixed 27.2 43% 82.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 440GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 86 15384528 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6017 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 152 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 153807454 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1264 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 147 (BC) Unknown 100 91 4295032842 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 42 1559695130652 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 200337 (C2) HDA temperature 28 58 47244640284 (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 83489869282034 (F1) Unknown 100 253 36186005020 (F2) Unknown 100 253 119047846734	82.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 135 Mixed 132 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.3 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 314GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19893760 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9350144 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3194 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 621936673 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30890 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 60129542177 (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 -40364102646434 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9708055510 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10646760926	69.6% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 113 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 114%
WD WD5002ABYS-02B1B0 500GB 8,392 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 63GB free Firmware: 02.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 181 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6330 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1682 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 269 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6060 (C2) HDA temperature 118 85 29 (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	40.9% Average	Read 73.4 Write 68.6 Mixed 76.4 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 15.8 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 110%

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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