Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 153% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	160% 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	219% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 21:06
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 782 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan V 869 User benchmarks, average bench 140% Nvidia(10DE 1218) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2010 MHz, MLim: 425 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 210 Parallax 302 190% 248 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 249 Splatting 112 146% 187 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 155%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 971 Mixed 1,269 308% 1,395 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 50.8 216% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 177 187% 312 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 230%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 37GB free Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19661 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3432 (B1) Unknown 92 92 269 (B2) Unknown 92 92 198 (B3) Unknown 92 92 386 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4862 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	133% Outstanding	Read 741 Write 662 Mixed 704 157% 702 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.8 153% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 105 143% 267 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 160%
Asmt ASM1352-PM 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 151 Write 139 Mixed 134 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 107%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 208 191 8558 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1096 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1035 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21040 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 38 (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	88% Excellent	Read 188 Write 119 Mixed 124 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 99%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153078296 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33812767 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 976 (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 61 53 656801831 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 638 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9492 (C2) HDA temperature 39 47 51539607591 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 153078296 (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 -30949534321660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30913675665 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26111843425
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 3041192 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1481 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 51613576341 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1016 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 1103823438081 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 819 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10552 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 3041192 (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 88562225656824 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51062009747 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38482503130
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79577912 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8651870109 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16481 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1014 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 79 1060873109751 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 899 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10166 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 79577912 (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 -25134148602705 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51121343660 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42658120192	52.1% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 91.5 Mixed 76.1 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.05 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.72 224% 1.56 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: RT17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21094840 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 815 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9865477 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 828 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1631 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 99 21094840 (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 -107472966641160 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16557197632 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13683905269	68.3% Good	Read 132 Write 103 Mixed 80.1 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.96 4K Write 7.59 4K Mixed 0.37 305% 3.64 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 46.7 MC Mixed 35.4 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 48.9 SC Mixed 33.3 99% 34.8 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%

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Workstation 76%

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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