Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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	126% 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	113% 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 02:22
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 250 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 705 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 194 Parallax 196 141% 188 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 175 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4829 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1882 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (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 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16603009690	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 401 Mixed 412 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.5 176% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 25.9 99% 221 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 18GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,624 Write 1,022 Mixed 857 257% 1,168 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 24.2 143% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 544 DQ Mixed 141 154% 240 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 185%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98890888 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2677753 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1687 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 589430818 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7197 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 85899345954 (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 -3577707756933 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26557989511 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25352515461	106% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 170 Mixed 166 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.23 84% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 27GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153516792 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8715023 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4775 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1837 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 21475535503 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19519 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 77309411362 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 547 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56861072030159 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32424545555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100958261427	85.2% Excellent	Read 163 Write 134 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 29.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	Latency 51 78% 51 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 103%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,387x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	786x
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 $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

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $763

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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