Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


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 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). 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, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 21:19
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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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 i5-7600K-$169 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 247 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 536 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 151 Parallax 128 111% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Neutron 128GB-$90 711 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: M311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 1 12224 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7781 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2232 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 64427327521 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 70 1 12224 (E7) Temperature 80 80 21 (EA) Unknown 100 100 77654 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9011 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10149 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 7718618	78.3% Very good	Read 490 Write 198 Mixed 319 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 25 114% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 79.7 112% 210 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 327GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896829625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2238 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3795 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3795 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 163209543709 (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	77.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 127 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.18 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 107%
WD My Passport 0820 500GB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 32GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 79.3 121% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3020 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 29.5 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 104%

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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	4,399x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	788x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,033x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	948x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	896x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	440x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	229x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	488x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	261x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	227x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16