Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	32.6 GB free of 40 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 16:59
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 150 2-Core 285 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 855 85% 691 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.4% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 93.5 86% 103 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 95.7 76% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 432GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 292 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 67 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 22 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3275107680	71.5% Very good	Read 500 Write 410 Mixed 413 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 19.1 78% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 72.8 DQ Write 52.1 DQ Mixed 25.1 29% 50 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 473 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 499 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 219 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5418841925
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 665GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1887 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 276 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1610 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 41 (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 13 4119 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.1% Very good	Read 121 Write 127 Mixed 126 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.42 132% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 315GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2619 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1421 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2236 (C2) HDA temperature 105 81 42 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 104 Mixed 120 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 144GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1857 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3941 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3432 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6642 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2037 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3057 (C2) HDA temperature 108 81 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 20863 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 188 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 195 0	62.8% Good	Read 108 Write 111 Mixed 98 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 69%
OCZ-VERT EX4 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 253% 140GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	208% Outstanding	Read 333 Write 395 Mixed 355 476% 361 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 22.7 4K Mixed 11.1 1,214% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 27.1 DQ Mixed 10.1 1,338% 19 MB/s
Poor: 213% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 292%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M2B3000C15 CMK32GX4M2B3000C15 40GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2933, 2933, 2933, 2933 MHz 4096, 16384, 4096, 16384 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 37 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 29.3 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 99%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,407x
Core i5-7600KIntel $169Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	789x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,034x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	949x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	897x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	441x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	262x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	227x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $767

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16