Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	225% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 21:57
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 249 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 386 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 2261) 3GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.9% Poor	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 26.4 Parallax 48.3 31% 37.8 fps	MRender 27 Gravity 37 Splatting 33.8 27% 32.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,144 Write 1,113 Mixed 1,102 319% 1,453 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 35.2 187% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 457 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 160 177% 303 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow KC300 240GB-$81 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4GB free Firmware: 603ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 18268478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 85109071939739 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 566 (0D) Soft read error rate 95 95 18268478 (64) Unknown 0 0 50200 (AA) Unknown 0 0 7616 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 6 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 43 64427327518 (C2) HDA temperature 30 43 64427327518 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18268478 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 -69002944577536 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18268478 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18268478 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 29 (E9) Unknown 0 0 45783 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3014 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3014 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5505	72.3% Very good	Read 512 Write 194 Mixed 224 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 16.7 105% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 81 96% 168 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 94%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 156GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 181 2950 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6994 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4759 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 492 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6994 (C2) HDA temperature 104 81 43 (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	37.6% Below average	Read 71 Write 59.4 Mixed 64.2 49% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.43 108% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB 7,238 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 111%

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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