Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	78.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 01:57
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 291 100% 181 Pts	4-Core 516 8-Core 863 84% 689 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 92%

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: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 153 Parallax 129 116% 141 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1211 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (A5) Unknown 100 100 29950335 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 14 (A9) Unknown 100 100 153 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 67 287764512809 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1138170986761 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1254 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2796 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2352 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2836 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 487 Write 338 Mixed 302 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 19.9 90% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 46.2 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 100%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 2TB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 64 4333496 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 679 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 209939656 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -91959544773446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (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 60 55 672989224 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1851 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2175 (C2) HDA temperature 40 45 107374182440 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 2 4333496 (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 -25615184952502 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3824816409 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1812734254	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 190 Mixed 182 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 4.56 4K Mixed 0.38 166% 1.96 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 126%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 891GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1670 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 580 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3291 (C2) HDA temperature 101 94 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	75.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 137 Mixed 136 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.35 134% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.5% Average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 11.2 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 110%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,363x
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	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	436x
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	483x
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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $966

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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