Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	151% 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	232% 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.

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Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 11:57
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 275 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 749 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan V 869 User benchmarks, average bench 140% Nvidia(10DE 1218) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1912 MHz, MLim: 425 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Lighting 218 Reflection 201 Parallax 264 177% 227 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 232 Splatting 108 138% 177 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 155%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,922 Write 996 Mixed 1,310 311% 1,409 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 52.2 243% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 561 DQ Write 398 DQ Mixed 215 232% 391 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 230%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 44GB free Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19568 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3406 (B1) Unknown 92 92 268 (B2) Unknown 92 92 198 (B3) Unknown 92 92 386 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4862 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	136% Outstanding	Read 752 Write 679 Mixed 678 157% 703 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.7 158% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 480 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 112 150% 278 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 160%
Asmt ASM1352-PM 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 142 Write 147 Mixed 145 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.93 4K Mixed 0.3 128% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 107%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 191 8000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1088 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1027 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21034 (C2) HDA temperature 119 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85% Excellent	Read 148 Write 148 Mixed 146 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.26 115% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 99%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126338880 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1192 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33775564 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15250 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 968 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 571670562 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 633 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9482 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 51539607586 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 126338880 (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 -62466004339801 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30896457335 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26101205492
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 217417336 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 51613538923 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1008 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 1103823438081 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 470876188 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10542 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 217417336 (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 -72121090821221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51061996721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38471996996	38.3% Below average	Read 21.3 Write 109 Mixed 55.6 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 4.62 4K Write 6.53 4K Mixed 0.51 371% 3.89 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76321640 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8651866215 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1006 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 79 1060873109751 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 894 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10156 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 76321640 (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 30283814417491 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51121343634 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42657147262
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: RT17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241006408 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 807 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9831765 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 487653405 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 822 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1619 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 99 241006408 (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 122187524610459 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16544940110 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13675387144
Poor: 21% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 36 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 51.2 SC Mixed 33.5 101% 35.5 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%

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Workstation 76%

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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 $134	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