Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	228% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 14:09
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$241 712,312 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 (91^st percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 771 74% 613 Pts	64-Core 751 46% 751 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.9% 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: 2010 MHz, MLim: 425 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.2% Very good	Lighting 40.5 Reflection 182 Parallax 264 33% 162 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 240 Splatting 113 143% 182 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 155%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 974 Mixed 1,322 312% 1,414 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 50.6 231% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 552 DQ Write 392 DQ Mixed 211 228% 385 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 230%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 37GB 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 19956 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3457 (B1) Unknown 92 92 269 (B2) Unknown 92 92 198 (B3) Unknown 92 92 386 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4862 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	136% Outstanding	Read 733 Write 669 Mixed 703 157% 702 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.1 163% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 104 145% 273 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 160%
Asmt ASM1352-PM 6TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 148 Mixed 155 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.29 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 107%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 191 9108 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1112 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16773 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1051 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21057 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 32 (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	86.6% Excellent	Read 179 Write 123 Mixed 125 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 99%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB 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 119 99 204087344 (03) Spinup time 90 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1216 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34608081 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 992 (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 67 53 554696737 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 641 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9511 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 204087344 (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 -13838384614101 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31752980336 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26186403385
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5890952 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1497 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 51614455165 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16859 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1032 (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 74 52 437190682 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 822 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10571 (C2) HDA temperature 26 48 47244640282 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 103 99 5890952 (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 -102576703916769 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51519239139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38504973266	75.4% Very good	Read 104 Write 156 Mixed 70.9 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 7.51 4K Mixed 0.43 283% 3.41 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB 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 109 99 22528472 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8652258691 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1030 (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 72 58 470810652 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 902 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10185 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 99 22528472 (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 124068720293335 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51733158691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42664587737
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB 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 119 99 203619280 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 831 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11287740 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (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 70 61 504365086 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1650 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 68719476766 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 119 99 203619280 (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 111377091926815 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19455158565 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13719720774
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 @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 45.4 MC Mixed 35 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 47.3 SC Mixed 32.6 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,359x
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	1,028x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	940x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	892x

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	228x

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: $992

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16