Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	154% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX Z270E GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 04:24
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 252 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 448 56% 425 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 108 Parallax 93.8 82% 100 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 94.6 77% 93.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$125 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,531 Write 553 Mixed 826 212% 970 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 39.3 162% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32.2 DQ Write 384 DQ Mixed 24.1 73% 147 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 144%
WD WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 844GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 168 6541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 125 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 343 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 808 (C2) HDA temperature 121 110 29 (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	64.9% Good	Read 113 Write 113 Mixed 112 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.19 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$72 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 448GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1372 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10605 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 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	79.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 135 Mixed 131 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.24 108% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$72 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 381GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4316 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1395 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10586 (C2) HDA temperature 116 102 31 (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	55.6% Above average	Read 95.7 Write 97.6 Mixed 101 74% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$72 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 257GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1399 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 64832 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 29 (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	69.5% Good	Read 124 Write 118 Mixed 118 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 84%
Seagate ST4000DM000-1F2168 2TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 215GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 175 4133 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2118 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 408 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68568 (C2) HDA temperature 118 105 29 (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	46.7% Average	Read 77.2 Write 85.2 Mixed 86.1 63% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.24 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 21.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.9 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 88%

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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 $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	4,437x
Core i5-7600KIntel $170Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	798x
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	958x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	907x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	445x
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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	491x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	264x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	230x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $768

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 $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16