Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 22:54
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 273 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 498 70% 516 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 80.1 65% 80.9 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 73 Splatting 65.4 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 413GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	72.1% Very good	Read 170 Write 175 Mixed 282 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 39.4 140% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 162 154% 225 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 144%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10740161 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -117639154231994 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 200 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 43 51542425627 (C2) HDA temperature 27 43 51542425627 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10740161 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10740161 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10740161 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12119 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7310 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7310 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6016 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4980783	64.6% Good	Read 493 Write 195 Mixed 244 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 14.1 104% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 10.4 26% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 84%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 6158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 513 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5334 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 486 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130791 (C2) HDA temperature 124 107 26 (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	75.3% Very good	Read 128 Write 135 Mixed 127 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.17 82% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 96%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,376x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	784x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,030x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	943x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	894x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	437x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	486x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	225x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $812

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16