Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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	106% 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 (11%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 13:10
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 514 68% 512 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.3 90% 107 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ext SSD 480GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 203GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 406 Write 410 Mixed 389 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 22.8 98% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 56.1 71% 127 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 120GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1225 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6094906 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 194 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 65 279173857313 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68720394256 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 338 (EA) Unknown 100 100 596 (F1) Unknown 253 253 565 (F2) Unknown 253 253 867 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.1% Very good	Read 493 Write 317 Mixed 332 84% 380 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 20.8 92% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 46.1 98% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 101%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 703 Write 317 Mixed 450 108% 490 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 34.9 160% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 54 91% 171 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%

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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 30.3 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 29.6 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 53 75% 53 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Gaming 89%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,350x
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	888x

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: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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