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 (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	62.6% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 08:24
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 596 8-Core 599 80% 597 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U-128G-1006 128GB 10,347 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 786 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B0) Unknown 100 100 1088 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 801 (C2) HDA temperature 31 63 4133919 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 4 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 292062232633 (F1) Unknown 100 100 57594 (F2) Unknown 100 100 48292 (F3) Unknown 100 100 95628 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0 (F9) Unknown 100 100 522	62.6% Good	Read 486 Write 314 Mixed 371 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 11.2 76% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.4 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 11 19% 35.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234541688 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1502 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 8932202628 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 280 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 522059806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 53 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11332 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 21474836510 (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 -30631706748497 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -96541533378204 (F2) Unknown 100 253 32717412592843	75.9% Very good	Read 118 Write 147 Mixed 136 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.2 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 27.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 80%

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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 $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,358x
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 $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	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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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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