Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	363% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	29.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 23:25
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 845 84% 685 Pts	64-Core 848 52% 848 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 477GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25333 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 818 (B1) Unknown 99 99 34 (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 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 155 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10394774123	106% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 505 Mixed 505 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 31.1 154% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.6 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 26.8 66% 130 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 477GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 25383 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 817 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (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 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 156 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13296530386	103% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 502 Mixed 503 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 26.5 148% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 26.5 66% 130 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	363% Outstanding	Read 3,073 Write 2,717 Mixed 2,719 632% 2,836 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 45 234% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 65.9 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 44 54% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 363% Great: 332%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 65 121357286 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 157 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 677202 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -80689550589843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (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 74 64 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 956 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 73014444058 (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 -2314987372516 (F1) Unknown 100 253 273592878 (F2) Unknown 100 253 581153489 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 71.3 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.58 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.13 111% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 70%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 65 237950417 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 238 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2371802 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -74088185855836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 181 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 52 403898392 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 983 (C2) HDA temperature 24 48 17179869208 (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 112626927403083 (F1) Unknown 100 253 185437792 (F2) Unknown 100 253 52512625 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	67% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 78.1 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.64 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.15 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 70%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 65 61694969 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 67228 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -41429254537106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (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 74 68 437452826 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 772 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 77309411354 (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 -34574486732777 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26927864 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34767105 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	68.5% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 74.9 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.67 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.14 116% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 70%
Innostor Ext. HDD 2TB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2TB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 112 Write 121 Mixed 70.2 127% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.45 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.22 31% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 32.3 102% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,363x
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	1,029x
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	483x
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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Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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