Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	256% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). 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	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 12:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	15%

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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-$241 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 142 2-Core 287 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 796 85% 679 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 92%

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: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 91% 111 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,739 Write 1,138 Mixed 1,346 381% 1,741 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 44 228% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 59.7 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 31.2 80% 158 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 236%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 38GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1744 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 409 (AE) Unknown 100 100 134 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 35 279174119456 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 54406502985 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1708681085 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1696233789	76.3% Very good	Read 527 Write 186 Mixed 268 71% 327 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 20.7 137% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.8 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 50.3 52% 79.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 703GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 211221840 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1124 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 45459445 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1053 (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 70 40 521338910 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1124 (C2) HDA temperature 30 17 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 211221840 (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 5055176513395 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12540666168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21359074757	94.2% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 151 Mixed 154 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 112%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 273GB free Firmware: 4V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 195 3191 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8432 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21406 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4654 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8432 (C2) HDA temperature 116 88 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.1% Good	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.6 160% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.5 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 25.7 76% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 98%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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	1,028x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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	228x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
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: $977

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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