Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.2% 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	211% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170723
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 16:31
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$248 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 292 98% 178 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 805 79% 646 Pts	64-Core 807 50% 807 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 105 91% 112 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 102 Splatting 85.3 77% 95 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 205GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -70592082469315 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2325 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 50 85902622749 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 649622 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 649622 (F2) Unknown 100 100 557866 (F9) Unknown 100 100 86761	81.3% Excellent	Read 467 Write 215 Mixed 325 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 23.9 129% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 63.2 101% 193 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 91%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 1,877 Write 980 Mixed 1,119 292% 1,325 MB/s	4K Read 55.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.4 197% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 553 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 161 182% 319 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 236%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 976GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16372 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 43007 (C2) HDA temperature 117 107 30 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.1% Above average	Read 86.1 Write 98.7 Mixed 83.2 67% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 398GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 221 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10885 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2303 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10854 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 13 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 14	94.4% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 163 Mixed 165 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.3 123% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 341GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154506528 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11456 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22561456 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16719 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2318 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68116 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 77309411358 (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 17162689318134 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12459443253 (F2) Unknown 100 253 163902982720	89.4% Excellent	Read 151 Write 161 Mixed 137 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.22 77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 274GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 1600 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 34570173245 (09) Power-on hours count 73 11 24463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3328 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 33 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538509344 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19298 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 7 1600 (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 110861695878202 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4248123216 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2204018392	69.4% Good	Read 110 Write 133 Mixed 112 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.62 102% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 75%
Innostor Innostor 32GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 30GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 119 Write 27.4 Mixed 25.5 54% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 9.13 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.23 42% 3.12 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.1 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 27.9 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 107%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING - $199

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,431x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	797x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	342x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,036x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	956x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	905x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	443x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	311x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	231x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	229x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $784

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16