Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.9% 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.

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Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 03:28
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 299 100% 182 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 591 72% 551 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 130 Parallax 93.7 98% 114 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12548 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1551 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 179 (AE) Unknown 100 100 121 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 54 197568495647 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 95 95 5 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 41887102891 (F7) Unknown 100 100 55324286 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1515968047	88.9% Excellent	Read 497 Write 272 Mixed 353 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.3 132% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 52.3 103% 208 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 530GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 121583752 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4100 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 64839569 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12464 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1533 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20861 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 38654705695 (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 -30296699297854 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44516338427 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69933142556	94% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 158 Mixed 156 122% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 114%

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 @ 3020 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 38.2 MC Mixed 28.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.2 74% 25.7 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 109%

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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	4,361x
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	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	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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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