Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 00:32
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 146 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 785 77% 630 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 82 Parallax 33.7 71% 67.8 fps	MRender 8.71 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 61.3 38% 43.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1267 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 498 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1245238 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 67 47 227634315297 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5103 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4252 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2331 (F4) Unknown 100 100 19 (F5) Unknown 100 100 54 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1343680	96% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 504 Mixed 467 111% 499 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 13 109% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 53.5 106% 215 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 152545104 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2672992 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 439 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 62 521601054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1646 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 55834574878 (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 -5235565132852 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1184437754 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5066939626	93% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 181 Mixed 133 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.73 205% 2.21 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 306GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2990 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4899 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2103 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2847 (C2) HDA temperature 111 105 32 (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	92.5% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 145 Mixed 141 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.28 106% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D4-2400-MR 4x8GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 104%

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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	4,396x
Core i5-7600KIntel $184Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	787x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,032x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	947x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	895x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	261x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16