Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	80.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 11:09
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 260 93% 165 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 665 70% 559 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2640 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 155 Parallax 136 126% 149 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 146 Splatting 113 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7923 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 239 (B1) Unknown 91 91 44 (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 66 51 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 130 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22750925522	80.8% Excellent	Read 485 Write 269 Mixed 270 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 20.6 115% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 52 92% 186 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 123%
Seagate BUP Fast HDD 4TB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 9409 Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 223 Write 110 Mixed 170 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 6.96 4K Mixed 0.52 223% 2.78 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 401GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 73 (03) Spinup time 138 138 17199333626 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 591 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7919 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6907 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6907 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 176094576671 (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	72.2% Very good	Read 132 Write 120 Mixed 107 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.11 59% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 354GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 72.3 Write 87.4 Mixed 87 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.3 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.6 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 107%

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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	4,349x
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	226x

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