Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 102% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	113% 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	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 10:31
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	15%

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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-$242 712,312 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 (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 840 89% 713 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2676 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 153 Parallax 130 123% 145 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2067 (A5) Unknown 100 100 214820914137 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 407 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 272 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 62 266288496666 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2546934219345 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2140 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10083 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8188 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14555 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71% Very good	Read 503 Write 340 Mixed 282 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 20.7 95% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.6 DQ Write 46.7 DQ Mixed 9.35 15% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 610GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 133 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 76 76 24932 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21754 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5295 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1032 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 112 112 264624 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 25 (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 200 168 44 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76% Very good	Read 129 Write 136 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.16 92% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 132GB free Firmware: 3.AAM Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 97 0 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 28273 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 51 429873163955 (09) Power-on hours count 36 36 56366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14902 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 504823838 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 42949672990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 48 181844428 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.2% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 65 Mixed 63.6 48% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 43%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 375GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 69.2 Write 75.8 Mixed 66.3 91% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3100 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 33.6 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 43.4 SC Mixed 32.3 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 47.3 84% 47.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,351x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	783x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,027x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	889x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	435x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	227x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	482x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	257x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $993

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16