Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	197% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 18:08
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$130 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 296 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 531 65% 499 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1578 MHz, MLim: 1916 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 81.4 81% 93.3 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 94.3 81% 99 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apple SM0256G PCIe 251GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 149% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW1JA0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2610 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9061 (A9) Unknown 212 212 2250650944448 (AD) Unknown 198 198 30069424165 (AE) Unknown 99 99 6469664 (AF) Unknown 99 99 7239874 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 152 (C2) HDA temperature 57 16 360778039339 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 6	197% Outstanding	Read 1,946 Write 1,164 Mixed 1,329 327% 1,480 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 26.1 152% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.3 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 26.1 36% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 203%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: SC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81395280 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1161 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 52 50 42951496047 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 970 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6164 (C2) HDA temperature 29 55 73014444061 (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 -13623636262502 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4549135422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6373884595	67.1% Good	Read 80.5 Write 151 Mixed 72.5 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 7.98 4K Mixed 0.47 223% 3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2571 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 26.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 27.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 94%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,384x
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 $94Bench 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 $48Bench 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

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $766

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16