Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	8.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	353% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 00:21
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 160 2-Core 317 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 850 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 869 54% 869 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.19% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.56 7% 9.85 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 17.1 11% 12.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.19% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	353% Outstanding	Read 3,134 Write 2,268 Mixed 2,467 582% 2,623 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 71.7 248% 86.3 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 131 139% 233 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 353% Great: 393%
Intel 510 Series 120GB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: PPG4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6400 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2392 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 108332 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0	58.2% Above average	Read 430 Write 203 Mixed 271 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 19.7 84% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 83.9 DQ Write 56 DQ Mixed 30.2 33% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 60%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 123GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 155 5116 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3976 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3814 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 542 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3976 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 37 (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 1902 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 78.1 Mixed 78.2 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.44 116% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 27.6 100% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 40.2 SC Mixed 32.3 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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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 $40Bench 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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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