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 (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	386% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '18 at 22:39
Run Duration	478 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 826 83% 674 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6386) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 162 Reflection 158 Parallax 149 132% 156 fps	Gravity 147 Splatting 114 113% 130 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	386% Outstanding	Read 3,053 Write 2,714 Mixed 2,280 597% 2,682 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 53.2 241% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 671 DQ Write 485 DQ Mixed 258 279% 471 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 386% Great: 313%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 60GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8622 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1366 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 70 40 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 641 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16684554098
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB 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 114 99 71028376 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 236 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 21533088262 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1561 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 504692765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1130 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 71028376 (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 -125705102817870 (F1) Unknown 100 253 56894901877 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9850756113
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 4,004 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 186GB free Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2655 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2422 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9338 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2203 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3572377 (B7) Unknown 252 252 0 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BA) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 244814053407 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1091 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 190878 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 244814053407 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 208	45.7% Average	Read 97.4 Write 61.8 Mixed 90.4 63% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 140GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 104 (03) Spinup time 145 145 51574866381 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1469 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 287764054050 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 83.4 Write 67.6 Mixed 74.3 57% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.28 60% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 32.1 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.8 SC Write 42.9 SC Mixed 31.5 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,347x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	782x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,026x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	434x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	481x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,001

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	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