Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	134% 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 01:45
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$247 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 157 2-Core 264 97% 172 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 854 82% 675 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2815 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 152 Parallax 129 122% 144 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 141 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8961 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 344 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22109125490	116% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 410 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 50.3 183% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 118 143% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
FCCT480M500SSD1 480GB 632 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 188GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3254 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 697 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 28 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 57 184683593755 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15226368252 (F7) Unknown 100 100 476174583 (F8) Unknown 100 100 437923314	101% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 421 Mixed 450 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 30.7 138% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 58.4 116% 232 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 172GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17301 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 829 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80444240 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 200 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9271 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21931 (F9) Unknown 100 100 553918369	98.5% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 411 Mixed 438 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 29.4 136% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 75.9 125% 238 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 101%
Nvme WDC WDS512G1X0C- 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,580 Write 241 Mixed 204 144% 675 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 14.9 127% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 596 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 44.2 146% 325 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 153%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 330GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 51579257441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 343 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9949 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9949 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188979544097 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.2% Average	Read 66.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 76.4 55% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.25 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 69%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 116GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 142 (03) Spinup time 121 121 25790644541 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9008 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 37122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1223 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10454 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10454 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 227633725470 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	42.1% Average	Read 74.1 Write 72.3 Mixed 74.1 56% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 16.4 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.5 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 107%

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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 $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,435x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	797x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,036x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	906x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	444x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	311x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	231x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	230x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $783

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16