Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	102% 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '17 at 22:24
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 475 61% 462 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 161 Parallax 138 129% 152 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 149 Splatting 117 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 93GB free Firmware: 5.0.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4656630 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -11699490891028 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2005 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 79 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 55837065245 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4656630 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4656630 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4656630 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20415 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16827 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16827 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16528	76.2% Very good	Read 519 Write 156 Mixed 217 65% 297 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.6 133% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 48.6 70% 130 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 82%
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13065 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1168 (AB) Unknown 80 80 40973392 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 103 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3982 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10229 (F9) Unknown 100 100 279221688	102% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 444 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 35.9 143% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 84.2 118% 218 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 530GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 182660472 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 682699 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 740 (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 72 63 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6545 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (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 96061238542744 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1116916543 (F2) Unknown 100 253 823972734	89.4% Excellent	Read 161 Write 151 Mixed 144 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.19 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 112%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 128GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 4808 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13822 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36812 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3686 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 281 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13822 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 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	62.6% Good	Read 128 Write 90 Mixed 77.3 73% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.29 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 28.9 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 30.2 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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