Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.18% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	218% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 18:56
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$230 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 301 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 852 87% 706 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8365) 1GB CLim: 783 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	8.18% Terrible	Lighting 9.5 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 8 8% 9.58 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 9.8 Splatting 10.7 9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.18% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,440 Write 1,011 Mixed 1,142 266% 1,198 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 45.2 185% 69.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,143 DQ Write 786 DQ Mixed 297 402% 742 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 254%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 378GB free Firmware: 04.06A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 104 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3894 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 18 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3709 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3654 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 36 (C4) Reallocation count 184 184 16 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 180 Mixed 170 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.64 4K Write 4.31 4K Mixed 0.44 198% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4000 C19 2x8GB 504 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 16 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 121%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,385x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	785x
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	438x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	487x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	260x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	226x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $759

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16