Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	115% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 02:03
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 154 2-Core 298 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 574 8-Core 876 90% 725 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 206 Parallax 179 148% 189 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 127 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4829 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1879 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (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 60 53 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16603444954	115% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 404 Mixed 411 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.3 185% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 26 98% 218 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 18GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,590 Write 977 Mixed 844 250% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 23.6 140% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 29.9 154% 347 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 185%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95799720 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2675811 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1684 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7194 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 85899345953 (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 -115337051766149 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26555213711 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25350729031	105% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 166 Mixed 173 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151041288 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8712819 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1834 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 21475535503 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19516 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 77309411361 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 547 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90628104914481 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32422075039 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100956692933	84.1% Excellent	Read 162 Write 132 Mixed 137 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3183 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 28.3 101% 35.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.2 SC Write 41.4 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

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	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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