Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	215% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 08:33
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 264 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 515 69% 513 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6178) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 99.6 84% 106 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,906 Write 1,063 Mixed 1,161 304% 1,376 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.8 196% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 155 168% 284 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 236%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 361 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 357 (C2) HDA temperature 114 109 33 (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	111% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 200 Mixed 189 145% 192 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.51 152% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 161375296 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 337 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 525295 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 66 (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 69 65 521535519 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 643 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 90194313247 (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 -1309965025087 (F1) Unknown 100 253 617338023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 120414241631	91% Outstanding	Read 121 Write 195 Mixed 131 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.86 226% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 110%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 289GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 153 5066 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5173 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6666 (C2) HDA temperature 111 95 36 (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	41% Average	Read 71.1 Write 71.5 Mixed 70.7 54% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 14,957 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 29.8 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 29.8 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 103%

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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 $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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $966

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