Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	41.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 13:41
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 215 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 601 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 83.4 Parallax 74.2 67% 79.9 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 66.3 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 90 17205528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 58652073400395 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5218 (AB) Unknown 0 0 3 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 132 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17205528 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17205528 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17205528 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12928 (EA) Unknown 0 0 13848 (F1) Unknown 0 0 13848 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19718	41.7% Average	Read 178 Write 89.9 Mixed 113 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 7.6 95% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 8.09 21% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$79 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177611720 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 459 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3139463 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (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 64 59 622919716 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4450 (C2) HDA temperature 36 41 68719476772 (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 24481313587562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3490422851 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6736302027	104% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 174 Mixed 180 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3265 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 29.3 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 30.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

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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