Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 833 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Lighting 84 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 75.1 68% 81.4 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 76 Splatting 67.6 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8259354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -79508434575968 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (AB) Unknown 0 0 3 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 158 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8259354 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8259354 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8259354 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 15856 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16467 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16467 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23839	48.6% Average	Read 196 Write 93.8 Mixed 116 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 15.1 103% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 9.85 37% 83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111584368 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29141209 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1858 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1341 (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 55 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9261 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 60129542177 (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 123789547406843 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6520932979 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73923769238	95.5% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 154 Mixed 154 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 25.7 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 29.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 107%

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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 $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,347x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	782x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,026x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	939x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	888x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	434x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	309x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	226x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	481x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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