Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	71.6% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '17 at 23:13
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 406 53% 398 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 110% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5711 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 576 (A5) Unknown 100 100 55875469767 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 365 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 153 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 67 287764054055 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1228379259166 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4293 (EA) Unknown 100 100 9330 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7423 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7331 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71.6% Very good	Read 493 Write 332 Mixed 254 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 11.4 103% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 11.6 21% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 857GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 201 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7395 (C2) HDA temperature 110 87 33 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 181 (F1) Unknown 200 200 14553067105 (F2) Unknown 200 200 10917652429	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 179 Mixed 162 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.37 140% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 520GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16864016 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15652140 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 431 (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 66 44 404316291106 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45689 (C2) HDA temperature 34 56 64424509474 (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 38362647890805 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14442709560 (F2) Unknown 100 253 385134779480	87% Excellent	Read 162 Write 142 Mixed 158 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2509 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 29.1 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32.5 SC Mixed 25.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

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Gaming 89%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,380x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	784x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	225x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16