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 (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	286% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 12:15
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 318 105% 191 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 865 89% 720 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,581 Write 1,316 Mixed 1,348 384% 1,748 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 54.1 249% 96 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 453 DQ Mixed 258 288% 497 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150395352 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 670 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16037172 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (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 63 50 672661541 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8650 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 85899345957 (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 120533962195957 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20291182333 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37397093520	97.8% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 154 Mixed 156 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 114%
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 as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132425416 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30957588 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2474 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 923 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 572063776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 175 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6771 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 90194313248 (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 20907900800305 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27287661211 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135973459314	87.6% Excellent	Read 119 Write 185 Mixed 127 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.84 225% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 5,121 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 31.1 114% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 46.3 SC Mixed 35.3 102% 35.6 GB/s	Latency 43.8 91% 43.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%

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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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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