Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 22:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 505 66% 499 Pts	64-Core 513 32% 513 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 89%

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: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 115 Parallax 97.5 85% 106 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 101 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ext SSD 480GB 354 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 203GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 403 Write 406 Mixed 390 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 22.3 96% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 56 71% 127 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 69%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 120GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 287 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6160442 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 194 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 65 279173857312 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 68720394256 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 338 (EA) Unknown 100 100 600 (F1) Unknown 253 253 568 (F2) Unknown 253 253 870 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.8% Very good	Read 473 Write 334 Mixed 331 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 19.6 90% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 46.1 99% 206 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 101%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 704 Write 311 Mixed 361 100% 458 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 27.6 149% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 53.9 92% 172 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40.5 MC Mixed 30.8 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 39.9 SC Mixed 29.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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 $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,371x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	784x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,029x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	942x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	893x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	437x
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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	486x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	258x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	224x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $816

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16