Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.9% 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	92.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^th 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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 270 98% 174 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 852 84% 688 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 125 Parallax 118 97% 120 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 108 Splatting 109 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 82987359010214 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1105 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 277 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 277 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 471798 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 61 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 471798 (F2) Unknown 100 100 756972 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22981	92.6% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 234 Mixed 323 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 23.9 158% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 82.7 112% 204 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 95%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 542GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8775 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4119 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1316 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3854 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 35 (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	71.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 120 Mixed 82.8 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.47 135% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 85%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 78GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 8 4733 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32434 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 327982 (C2) HDA temperature 119 81 28 (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 4993 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.3% Average	Read 74.5 Write 65.4 Mixed 74.8 54% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 49%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 16GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 7GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Read 119 Write 10.1 Mixed 31.6 48% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 1.02 86% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 37.4 MC Mixed 27.3 97% 33.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 40.1 SC Mixed 30.9 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.2% 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 $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
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	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

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	227x

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: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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